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2 May 2003 (UK)
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Every pleasure has a price... more
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1930's London. Two sisters - Madeleine and Dinah - One marries Rickie, the other falls in love with him. He begins an affair which is to have repercussions throughout their lives. full summary | add synopsis
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1930s
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Car Accident
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Painter
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Hospital
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Morning Sickness
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2 wins
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1 nomination
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(2 articles)
'Dirty Pretty Things' Cleans Up at London Festival
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 5 November 2003)
Wind Eases Sex Scene For Helena And Paul
(From WENN. 28 May 2002)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 5 November 2003)
Wind Eases Sex Scene For Helena And Paul
(From WENN. 28 May 2002)
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Brilliantly acted drama
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Helena Bonham Carter | ... | Dinah |
 | Olivia Williams | ... | Madeleine |
 | Paul Bettany | ... | Rickie |
 | Eleanor Bron | ... | Mrs. Burkett |
| Luke Newberry | ... | Anthony |
| Tom Ward | ... | Jack |
| Gillian Hanna | ... | Betty |
| Andrew Havill | ... | Charles |
| Alison Reid | ... | Bridie |
| Kathryn Tennant-Maw | ... | Sylvia |
| Rebecca Charles | ... | Miss Matthews |
| John Rowe | ... | Drysdale |
| Shaughan Seymour | ... | Jeweller |
| Simon Day | ... | Hospital Doctor |
| Jenny Howe | ... | Nurse |
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Rated R for some sexuality.
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96 min
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One of the cars used in this movie is a 1931 Austin 7 box saloon.
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Heart and Soul
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`The Heart of Me' is pure, unadulterated soap opera redeemed by the kind of high-toned, stiff-upper-lip seriousness of which the British seem uniquely capable. Set primarily in the 1930's, the film tells the story of two sisters caught in a passionate and quasi-incestuous love triangle. Madeline (Olivia Williams), the older of the two, is an uptight woman whose weak-willed husband, Rickie (Paul Bettany), falls in love with her younger and more free-spirited sibling, Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter). These two in-laws, soul mates for life, carry on a torrid love affair until Madeline discovers the truth – and even for a time thereafter.
Given the material, `The Heart of Me' could easily have devolved into a cheap, sensationalistic melodrama for the `Masterpiece Theatre' set. Instead, thanks to truly brilliant performances by the three principal actors and an intelligent, thoughtful screenplay, the film becomes a wholly absorbing drama that offers profound insights into the realities of the human heart. The pain each of these people experiences is so palpable in its intensity that it washes away all traces of artificiality and contrivance. The film becomes a fascinating study of what happens when clanging passions are hemmed in by the restrictions and proprieties of a strict, morally repressive upper class society. Rickie and Dinah choose to turn themselves into social pariahs, then must face the consequences of their convention-defying actions. Of most interest is the emotionally complex relationship between the two very different sisters. What makes the film special is the way in which it allows the seemingly cold-hearted Madeline to become as much a sympathetic figure as the two impassioned lovers. Thanks to Williams' impeccable performance (she played Penelope in the TV movie version of `The Odyssey'), Madeline is allowed to live and breathe and have her own say, making her, in many ways, the most intriguing of the three main characters.
`The Heart of Me,' which is beautifully detailed in costumes and settings, transcends the limits of its genre to deliver a heartbreaking tale of love, loss, lament - and hope.