Blow to the Heart
Blow to the Heart is a 1982 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice International [Film Festival|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