''Sacred Heart'' () is a 2005 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

which tells the story of an Italian workaholic businesswoman Irene (

Barbora Bobuľová Barbora Bobuľová (born 29 April 1974) is a Slovak-born Italian actress. She has lived and worked mainly in Italy since 1995. Life and work Born in Martin, Bobuľová trained at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava before moving to ...

) who experiences the loss of two of her friends by suicide. This loss, combined with her desire to sell off a piece of property that includes the living quarters of her eccentric mother, ends up sending her on a journey of emotional and spiritual transformation.

Awards

The movie won the 2005

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

awards for Best Actress (Barbora Bobuľová) and Best Production Design (Andrea Crisanti). Other awards were won at the 2005 Flaiano Film Festival, including the Audience Award for Best Actress (Barbora Bobulova), Best Cinematography (Gianfilippo Corticelli), and Best Supporting Actress (Erika Blanc).

Cast

as Irene Ravelli * Camille Dugay Comencini as Benny *

Lisa Gastoni Lisa Gastoni (born 28 July 1935) is an Italian film actress. Gastoni was named "Best Italian Actress of the Year, 1966" as she received both the Nastro D'Argento Award and the Golden Globe Award from Italy's Foreign Press Association.} Biograp ...

as Eleonora Ravelli * Massimo Poggio as Father Carras *

Gigi Angelillo Luigi "Gigi" Angelillo (20 December 1939 – 21 July 2015) was an Italian actor, voice actor and theatre director. Biography Angelillo began an acting career on stage and screen in the 1960s and during the 1980s. He appeared in more than 20 fil ...

as Aurelio * Erika Blanc as Maria Clara Ravelli *

Andrea Di Stefano Andrea Di Stefano (born 15 December 1972) is an Italian actor and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, he moved to New York City to study acting at the Actors Studio. In the U.S., he appeared in ''Smile'', an independent movie directed ...

as Giancarlo * Caterina Vertova as Angela Marchetti * Stefano Santospago as Giorgio Marchetti * Michela Cescon as Anna Maria * Paolo Romano as Alberto * Stefania Spugnini as Liliana * Elisabetta Pozzi as Psychologist

References

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* 2000s Italian-language films 2005 drama films 2005 films Films directed by Ferzan Özpetek Films set in Rome Films about suicide Italian drama films 2000s Italian films {{2000s-Italy-film-stub