| Hungry Heart | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Luigi Acquisto |
| Written by | Luigi Acquisto |
| Based on | a script by Rosa Colosimo Josie Arnold Angela Salamanca |
| Produced by | Rosa Colosimo |
| Starring | Nick Carrafa Kimberley Davenport |
| Cinematography | Jaems Grant |
| Edited by | Courtney Page |
| Production companies | Chancom Ltd Lions Den Productions |
| Distributed by | Video Entertainment (video) |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$500,000 or $785,000 |
Hungry Heart is a 1987 Australian film about a love affair that goes wrong.
Plot
Doctor Sal Bono falls in love with wool classer Kate Maloney.
Cast
- Nick Carrafa - Salvatore Bono
- Kimberley Davenport - Kate
- Lisa Schouw - Jane
- Osvaldo Malone - Vito
- Mark Rogers - Charlie
- Norman Kaye - Mr O'Ryan
- Dasha Blahova - Mrs. Bono
- Carmelina di Guglielmo - Connie Bono
- John Flaus - Mr Maloney
Production
The film was shot in August 1987 at the house of producer-writer Rosa Colosimo. It was director Luigi Acquisto's feature debut. The soundtrack features Separate Tables who's lead singer, Schouw, costars in the film.
Reception
Phillipa Hawker in The Age wrote "'Hungry Heart' is '80s disaffection - not cool but cold." The Sydney Morning Herald's Doug Anderson in his capsual review stated "Nick Carrafa and Davenport offer energetic performances and the film, while not considered good enough for a commercial release, has enough to make it palatable." Susan Demody of Filmnews praises the "sense of an unusual openness and warmth between the characters and the generations"
References
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 118
- "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, September 1987 p. 67
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 83
- "The darker side of love", Cinema Papers, May 1988
- Bruce, David (18 March 1988), "Losing love in tangled webs", The Age
- Hawker, Phillipa (2 September 1988), "Art that starts in the home", The Age
- Anderson, Doug (18 January 1993), "Hungry Heart", The Sydney Morning Herald
- Demody, Susan (1 December 1988), "Love, Sex and the Melodrama of Relationships", Filmnews
External links
- Hungry Heart at IMDb
- Hungry Heart at TCMDB
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