Hungry Heart is a 1987 Australian film about a love affair that goes wrong.[3]
| 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[1] or $785,000[2][3] |
Plot
editDoctor Sal Bono falls in love with wool classer Kate Maloney.
Cast
edit- 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
editThe film was shot in August 1987 at the house of producer-writer Rosa Colosimo.[1] It was director Luigi Acquisto's feature debut.[4] The soundtrack features Separate Tables who's lead singer, Schouw, costars in the film.[5]
Reception
editPhillipa Hawker in The Age wrote "'Hungry Heart' is '80s disaffection - not cool but cold."[6] 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."[7] Susan Demody of Filmnews praises the "sense of an unusual openness and warmth between the characters and the generations"[8]
References
edit- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b 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
edit- Hungry Heart at IMDb
- Hungry Heart at TCMDB
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