Blow to the Heart

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.

Plot

Cast

• Jean-Louis Trintignant as Dario
• Fausto Rossi as Emilio
• Laura Morante as Giulia
• Sonia Gessner as Emilio's mother
• Vanni Corbellini as Sandro Ferrari
• Laura Nucci as Dario's mother
• Matteo Cerami as Matteo

See also

• List of Italian films of 1982

References

External links

• Blow to the Heart at IMDb