Open My Heart ( Aprimi Il Cuore )

Open My Heart (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Aprimi Il Cuore
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Giada Colagrande

Written By:
Giada Colagrande

Actors:
Giada Colagrande ..... Caterina
Natalie Cristiani ..... Maria

Synopsis:

Giada Colagrande wrote, directed and stars in this atmospheric but baffling drama about a protective, possessive prostitute. Maria (Natalie Cristani) lives with her 18-year-old sister, Caterina (Ms. Colagrande), in a small apartment, tutors her at home, lets her out only for dance classes (and delivers her to and picks her up from those, lest someone take advantage of her). Yet Maria sees no reason to hide her work as a prostitute from her sister. Men come in and out of the apartment constantly, and Caterina turns up the volume on her music to drown out the sounds from the next room. The film soon reveals that the sisters are in love with each other, a situation that cannot stand, but exactly what prompts the characters' behavior is rarely clear. Soon after Caterina's belated discovery of her heterosexuality, she is invited into the bedroom with Maria and a client. This quiet, murky variation on the 'Gigi' plot does achieve a certain claustrophobic fascination, but Ms. Colagrande never gets around to making her point.

Maria has worked as a prostitute since her mother died 15 years ago. Her younger sister Catarina is now a shy 18-year old, devoted to art and music, and the lover of her elder sibling, who allows her to leave the apartment only to attend dance class. But when Catarina meets a man there, another forbidden love blossoms.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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