Underplayed Gems

Blow to the Heart (1983)

Blow to the Heart poster
Original title
Colpire al cuore
Directed by
Gianni Amelio
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenage boy learns that his university professor father has a hidden life. After a family friend is killed in a terrorist shooting, the son starts secretly watching his father's actions.

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What happens

Blow to the Heart (Italian: Colpire al cuore) is a 1982 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival. Fausto Rossi won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best new actor. The film also won the Silver Ribbon for best script. It was described as a "masterful psychological study investigating two profoundly different characters". A teenage son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and begins keeping his father under surveillance after one of his father's friends dies in a terrorist shoot-out. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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