Sacred Heart (2005) Cuore sacro (original title)

Director:

Ferzan Ozpetek

Writers:

Ferzan Ozpetek (screenplay)
Ferzan Ozpetek (story)
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Release Date:

25 February 2005 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Your secret heart is a sacred heart.

Plot:

Irene, a workaholic, is forced to re-evaluate her priorities after the suicide of her two best friends. |

Plot Keywords:

Life Changing | Aunt | Poverty | Heart | Dead Mother

Awards:

7 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Barbora Bobulova	...	Irene
Andrea Di Stefano	...	Giancarlo
Lisa Gastoni	...	Eleonora
Massimo Poggio	...	Padre Carras
Camille Dugay Comencini	...	Benny
Luigi Angelillo	...	Aurelio
Erika Blanc	...	Maria Clara
Caterina Vertova	...	Angela
Stefano Santospago	...	Giorgio
Michela Cescon	...	Anna Maria
Elisabetta Pozzi	...	La psichiatra
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Enrica Ajò	...	Francesca
Fabrizio Apolloni
Sanghamitra Bakshi	...	Maid (as Shoma)
Gianlorenzo Brambilla	...	Guido
Gloria Cocco		(as Gloria Coco)
Francesco De Vito	...	Antonio, l'autista
Barbara Folchitto	...	Laura
Mariangela Giordano
Giorgio Gobbi
Enrico Grassi
Daniela Maria Jannace
Patrizia La Fonte	...	Donna misteriosa
Patrizia Loreti
Paola Minaccioni
Raffaella Panichi
Paolo Romano	...	Alberto
Maurizio Romoli
Fabrizio Sabatucci
Stefania Spugnini	...	Liliana
Ione Venturini

Directed by
Ferzan Ozpetek

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ferzan Ozpetek		screenplay
Ferzan Ozpetek		story
Gianni Romoli		screenplay
Gianni Romoli		story

Produced by
Tilde Corsi	....	producer
Gianni Romoli	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrea Guerra

Cinematography by
Gianfilippo Corticelli

Film Editing by
Patrizio Marone

Casting by
Pino Pellegrino

Production Design by
Andrea Crisanti

Set Decoration by
Massimiliano Nocente

Costume Design by
Katia Dottori		(as Catia Dottori)

Makeup Department
Carla Catanzaro	....	additional makeup artist
Francesca De Simone	....	hair stylist
Teresa Di Serio	....	additional hair stylist
Paola Genovese	....	additional hair stylist
Priscilla Graffi	....	additional hair stylist
Federica Jacoponi	....	additional makeup artist (as Federica Iacoponi)
Anna Maria Romoli	....	makeup artist
Paola Rubaltelli	....	additional makeup artist
Ermanno Spera	....	key makeup artist
Mauro Tamagnini	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Beatrice Biggi	....	unit production manager
Silvia Brusati	....	production manager
Massimo Di Rocco	....	production manager
Rocco Messere	....	unit manager
Massimo Santorsola	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gaia Filardo	....	assistant director
Gianluca Mazzella	....	assistant director
Veronica Mengoli	....	third assistant director
Nicola Scorza	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Massimo Blasi	....	painter
Ilaria Bortolotti	....	assistant production designer: Milano
Rosalia Maria Canino	....	art department assistant
Massimiliano Leoni	....	property master
Marcellino Nolfo	....	on-set dresser
Giuliano Pannuti	....	assistant art director
Roberto Piscedda	....	assistant property master
Oreste Quercioli	....	painter
Luigi Toscano	....	property master: Milano

Sound Department
Damiano Antinori	....	mix assistant
Jacopo Anzellotti	....	sound effects editor
Luca Anzellotti	....	sound effects editor
Luciano Anzellotti	....	foley artist
Massimo Anzellotti	....	sound effects editor
Giuseppe D'Amato	....	sound editor
Goffredo Gibellini	....	sound recording engineer
Marco Grillo	....	sound mixer
Roberto Moroni	....	sound mixer
Claudio Paolucci	....	boom operator
Alessandro Peticca	....	sound editor (as Sandro Peticca)

Special Effects by
Massimiliano Bianchi	....	special effects assistant
Pasquale Catalano	....	special effects
Fabio Traversari	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Paolo Verrucci	....	digital mastering colorist

Stunts
Maurizio Angeletti	....	stunts
Christian Dell'Acqua	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Albero	....	grip
Emanuele Bernabei	....	grip
Roberto Bianchi	....	electrician
Daniele Bonanni	....	grip
Daniele Cafolla	....	electrician
Oliviero Cappelletti	....	grip: Milano
Romolo Eucalitto	....	still photographer
Claudio Fabbriani	....	grip: second unit
Sandro Fabbriani	....	key grip
Sergio Fabbriani	....	grip: second unit
Gianni Gentili	....	electrician
Roberto Gentili	....	focus puller
Stefano Lombardo	....	additional second assistant camera
Duccio Maccari	....	additional assistant camera: second unit
Antonio Maniero	....	electrician: Milano
Paolo Marchetti	....	key grip
Emanuele Mazzilli	....	assistant camera: second unit
Vincenzo Morabito	....	electrician
Marco Pieroni	....	camera operator: second unit
Massimiliano Quaglietti	....	grip: second unit
Gianni Romeo	....	electrician: Milano
Marco Sticchi	....	gaffer
Diego Tessarin	....	grip
Massimiliano Trevis	....	Steadicam operator
Massimiliano Trevis	....	camera operator
Massimo Zampolli	....	electrician: Milano

Casting Department
Francesco Cirulli	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Costanza Bastanti	....	costume assistant
Anna Bernardini	....	head seamstress
Stefania Consaga	....	costumer
Pamela Fontinovo	....	key wardrobe master
Giovanni Scotti	....	wardrobe master

Editorial Department
Elide Camberini	....	color technician
Pasquale Cuzzupoli	....	color supervisor
Francesco Garrone	....	assistant editor
Alessandra Guerra	....	first assistant editor
Rosanna Palma	....	assistant editor
Germana Pierucci	....	post-production coordinator
Galliano Scaramella	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Goffredo Gibellini	....	score mix engineer
Angelo Giovagnoli	....	orchestra coordinator
Andrea Guerra	....	orchestrator
Gianfranco Plenizio	....	conductor
Luca Salvadori	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Giovanni Angeletti	....	driver
Antonio Privitera	....	driver
Salvatore Viscuso	....	driver

Other crew
Cristina Catapano	....	payroll clerk
Paolo Coppola	....	production assistant
Laura Curreli	....	script supervisor
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	....	armorer
Domenico Di Parigi	....	extras coordinator: Milano
Nerina Fiumanò	....	administration assistant
Vittorio Giovine	....	production secretary
Alice Marchitelli	....	production secretary
Alessandro Mattei	....	production coordinator
Germana Pierucci	....	production coordinator
Michele Protano	....	production secretary
Vilma Simoncelli	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• R&C Produzioni

Distributors

• Medusa Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Germano Natali
• M.A.G. Special Effects

Other Companies

• CNSO  orchestra
• Czech National Symphony Orchestra  Czech National Symphony Orchestra, CNSO Studios
• Digital Records Roma  soundtrack coordination and organization
• Moviematic  extras casting
• Studio Lucherini Pignatelli  publicity

Also Known As:

"Cuore sacro" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

Italy:120 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Company:

R&C Produzioni

Trivia:

Valeria Golino was the first choice for the role of Irene but was forced to decline due to prior commitments.

Quotes:

Aurelio:[to Irene] Your mother always used to say that each of us has two hearts but one of them ecliPses the other. If each of us could spot, even for a brief moment, the light of his hidden heart, then we will understand that that one is a sacred heart. And we couldn't give up the warmth of its light.

Quite good after all

For the most part, modern Italian cinema falls in a metaphorical crease somewhere between shite and ridiculouslyunwatchablegaginducing shite. Fortunately, the laws that regulate ordinary life miraculously do manage to permeate that thick veil that separates the silver screen from reality, and just like ordinary life is graced by the presence of exceptions, so is Italian cinema. The exceptions to the aforementioned sweeping observation are rare and, quite frankly, may not all be entirely deserving. However, if I may be so bold as to point out the obvious, it is precisely this elusiveness that casts an aura of light around these pictures, kindling a sort of applausive reaction that would otherwise be unwarranted.

The Consequences of Love is a prime example of my Nobel prize theory. It is, by all accounts, a remarkable achievement in elegance and sophistication. Yet, and here I may be momentarily possessed by Saint Cynicus, I feel inclined to partly attribute this positive reception to the widespread absence of quality in Italian cinema. Sorrentino's film was, therefore, a blissful simmer of light in a dark, slimy, murky ocean and, because of this, it was received like a Messiah.

Wide consensus indicates that Ozpetek's films also constitute a source of illumination in this lifeless world and, although I may not wait in a state of advanced excitement and trepidation for the release of his next picture, it is fair to say that, for once, I sheepishly agree with the crowd. Which brings me to the movie in question, Cuore Sacro. Part of me feels compelled to criticise the absurdity of this modern day Franciscan tale. Once again possessed by the spirit of Saint Cynicus, I can't help but remain baffled by the banality of an idea so religious as to verge on the profane. You may say that it is precisely this sort of seemingly soul inspiring parable that can lift us from the crude stiffness of our faithless times. I concede that, despite the awful predictability, there could be pinch of verity in this, but I still think that, however uplifting it may be, it still has the same consistency of a ripe Vacherin.

Schizophrenic nut that I am, the other side of me applauds Ozpetek for his directorial skills. He takes potentially lethal material that, at least at first glance, would appear appropriate for a TV film for the Church Channel, and, perhaps aided by the hand of the Almighty himself, miraculously manages to add a layer of basic, though effective, sophistication. The minimalist direction, the (perhaps forced) elegance of the dialogues and the acting dexterity of Barbora Babulova, all contribute to the overshadowing of the banality of the story and to the accomplishment of a final product that, after all, is not that trite, not that religious and thus, not that cinematically profane.