Blow to the Heart () is a 1982 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival. Fausto Rossi won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best new actor. The film also won the Silver Ribbon for best script. It was described as a "masterful psychological study investigating two profoundly different characters". A teenage son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and begins keeping his father under surveillance after one of his father's friends dies in a terrorist shoot-out.
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Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant as Dario Fausto Rossi as Emilio Laura Morante as Giulia Sonia Gessner as Emilio's mother Vanni Corbellini as Sandro Ferrari Laura Nucci as Dario's mother Matteo Cerami as Matteo
See also List of Italian films of 1982
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