The Heart Elsewhere

– The Pope's tailor sends his son, a virgin at 35, to Bologna hoping he will find a woman. Nello, a cl..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
2003
Original Name:
Il cuore altrove
The Heart Elsewhere (2003) - Also known as Il cuore altrove

The Pope's tailor sends his son, a virgin at 35, to Bologna hoping he will find a woman. Nello, a classicist moved by the romantic poetry of Ovid, proves to be a good teacher and also falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Angela Gardini. Angela, herself recently blind and then spurned by her fiancé, uses Nello: she hopes her former lover will become jealous and return to her. Nello obliges, his head full of poetry and in love at last; he's happy to be near her, knowing that she, before her disability, wouldn't have looked twice at him. Bologna or Rome, teaching or stitching, love or solitude - will Nello make choices?

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Release Date:

24 Jan 2003

Language:

Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
UNRATED

Director:

Pupi Avati

Writer:

Pupi Avati

Main Actors:

Neri Marcorè, Vanessa Incontrada, Giancarlo Giannini, Nino D'Angelo

Plot:

Nello Balocchi, a 35-year-old teacher of Greek and Latin, is invited to Bologna by his father, the owner of the Papal tailor's shop in Rome. His father hopes Nello will find a soul mate in ...

Awards:

4 wins & 12 nominations.

Production:

Northern Arts Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
Metacritic:
48%