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''Burning Hearts'' ( it, Ti mangio il cuore, meaning "I'll eat your heart") is a 2022 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by . The film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
. It is based on a non-fiction book by Carlo Bonini and Giuliano Foschini and inspired by the true story of Rosa Di Fiore, the first pentita of the . It marked the acting debut of singer Elodie.


Plot

In the Gargano promontory live two families belonging to the Apulian mafia , the Malatesta and the Camporeale, who vie for control of the territory. The two families have had bloody disputes over the years, including the massacre of the family of Michele Malatesta in 1960 , which deeply marked the clan . More than forty years later, the two families seem to have established a truce , favored by a third family, the Montanari. In this period of apparent calm Andrea, Michele Malatesta's favorite son and heir to the clan, falls in love with Marilena, wife of the boss Santo Camporeale, who is currently on the run. Marilena in turn falls in love with Andrea but, aware of being married and of the rivalry between the two families , only apparently dormant, she decides to see him only clandestinely. Michele makes his son promise to end this dangerous relationship, but the promise is not kept. The relationship soon becomes public knowledge and the two lovers are forced to flee, but the Camporeales take their revenge by killing Michele and so the two families, despite Don Vincenzo Montanari's attempts at mediation, return to war. To pay homage to his father killed by the rival clan, Andrea is forced to return home together with Marilena who, driven out of the Camporeales for her betrayal and a prisoner in the Malatesta house, is carrying a child and collides with a harsh and bloody reality. Andrea, spurred on by his widowed mother to avenge the murder of the head of the family, is increasingly obsessed with eliminating every member of the rival family.


Cast

* Elodie as Marilena Camporeale * Francesco Patanè as Andrea Malatesta *
Lidia Vitale Lidia Vitale (born 12 October 1972) is an Italian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. Filmography Films Television References External links * * 1972 births Living people Italian film actresses {{Ital ...
as Teresa Malatesta *
Francesco Di Leva Francesco Di Leva (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Di Leva started acting in local amateur dramatics at 14 years old. He is one of the co-founders of the "Nest Napoli Est T ...
as Giovannangelo * Giovanni Trombetta as Paky Malatesta * Giovanni Anzaldo as Zigo Zago * Brenno Placido as Potito Montanari * Tommaso Ragno as Michele Malatesta *
Michele Placido Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco ...
as Vincenzo Montanari


Reception

The film was generally praised by critics. For her performance Elodie was awarded the
Ciak d'Oro ''Ciak'' is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ''ciac'', for a film clapperboard. History and profile ''Ciak'' was established in 1 ...
as revelation of the year.


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*{{IMDb title, tt14091854 2022 drama films 2022 films Italian drama films Italian crime films Films about organized crime in Italy Drama films based on actual events