Blow to the Heart (1983)
- 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
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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