Burning Hearts

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Burning Hearts
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Directed byPippo Mezzapesa
Screenplay byPippo Mezzapesa
Antonella Gaeta
Davide Serino
Starring
CinematographyMichele D'Attanasio
Music by Teho Teardo
Distributed by 01 Distribution
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
LanguageItalian

Burning Hearts (Italian : Ti mangio il cuore, meaning "I'll eat your heart") is a 2022 Italian drama film written and directed by Pippo Mezzapesa. The film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. [1] It is based on a non-fiction book by Carlo Bonini and Giuliano Foschini and inspired by the true story of Rosa Di Fiore, the first pentita of the Gargano Mafia. [2] It marked the acting debut of singer Elodie. [3]

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Plot

In the Gargano promontory live two families belonging to the Apulian mafia , the Malatesta and the Camporeale, who vie for control of the territory. The two families have had bloody disputes over the years, including the massacre of the family of Michele Malatesta in 1960 , which deeply marked the clan . More than forty years later, the two families seem to have established a truce , favored by a third family, the Montanari.

In this period of apparent calm Andrea, Michele Malatesta's favorite son and heir to the clan, falls in love with Marilena, wife of the boss Santo Camporeale, who is currently on the run. Marilena in turn falls in love with Andrea but, aware of being married and of the rivalry between the two families , only apparently dormant, she decides to see him only clandestinely. Michele makes his son promise to end this dangerous relationship, but the promise is not kept. The relationship soon becomes public knowledge and the two lovers are forced to flee, but the Camporeales take their revenge by killing Michele and so the two families, despite Don Vincenzo Montanari's attempts at mediation, return to war.

To pay homage to his father killed by the rival clan, Andrea is forced to return home together with Marilena who, driven out of the Camporeales for her betrayal and a prisoner in the Malatesta house, is carrying a child and collides with a harsh and bloody reality. Andrea, spurred on by his widowed mother to avenge the murder of the head of the family, is increasingly obsessed with eliminating every member of the rival family.

Cast

Reception

The film was generally praised by critics. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] For her performance Elodie was awarded the Ciak d'Oro as revelation of the year. [9]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2022 Venice Film Festival - Horizon Award Best Feature FilmBurning HeartsNominated
Rome Film Festival Award Women in Cinema Award Elodie Won
Ciak d'Oro Acting Revelation of the YearWon
Best Drama FilmBurning HeartsNominated
2023 Bif&st Award Best Breakthrough Actress Elodie Won
Best Supporting Actress Lidia Vitale Won
David di Donatello Best Original Song "Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" (Elisa Toffoli, Joan Thiele and Emanuele Triglia as songwriters, Elodie and Joan Thiele as performers)Won
Nastro d'argento Best Supporting ActressLidia VitaleNominated
Best CinematographyMichele D'AttanasioWon
Best Original Song"Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" (Elisa Toffoli, Joan Thiele and Emanuele Triglia as songwriters, Elodie and Joan Thiele as performers)Nominated

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References

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  2. ↑ Arletti, Claudia (16 September 2022). ""Ti mangio il cuore": Al cinema con Rosa ed Elodie". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Le prime immagini di Elodie al suo debutto cinematografico". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). 18 July 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Kermode, Jennie (1 February 2023). "Burning Hearts (2022) Movie Review from Eye for Film". Eye for Film. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Jones, Chris (4 September 2022). "My Fourth Film From the Venice Film Festival". The Atlanta Mail. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Saito, Stephen (4 September 2022). "Venice Film Fest 2022 Review: A Town is Turned Upside Down in "Burning Hearts"". The Moveable Fest. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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