''Hungry Heart'' is a 1987 Australian film about a love affair that goes wrong.
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 83]
Plot
Doctor Sal Bono falls in love with wool classer Kate Maloney.
Cast
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Nick Carrafa
Nick Carrafa is an Australian actor best known for his television roles as Tony Romeo on the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'' and Alfredo on the comedy series ''Acropolis Now''.
Career
Carrafa began his career with a guest role in the se ...
- Salvatore Bono
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Kimberley Davenport
Kimberley Davenport is a New Zealand-born actress based in Australia. She moved into acting after she was discovered boarding a tram and was cast in a Models video clip. She played the lead role in ''Hungry Heart
"Hungry Heart" is a balla ...
- Kate
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Lisa Schouw
Girl Overboard were a pop rock band formed in 1985 as Separate Tables by Lisa Schouw a contralto on lead vocals, Robin Gist on guitar, and Brett McNaughton on keyboards with an expanded line-up, they changed their name. Girl Overboard released ...
- Jane
*Osvaldo Malone - Vito
*Mark Rogers - Charlie
*Norman Kaye - Mr O'Ryan
*Dasha Blahova - Mrs. Bono
*Carmelina di Guglielmo - Connie Bono
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John Flaus
John Flaus (born 1934) is an Australian broadcaster and actor.
Filmography
*''Rake'' (2014)
*''Tracks'' (2013)
*''Jack Irish'' (2012-2021) - 3 films and 15 episodes as Wilbur
*''Pinion'' (2010)
*''I Love You Too'' (2010)
*''Mary and Max'' (2 ...
- Mr Maloney
Production
The film was shot in August 1987 at the house of producer-writer Rosa Colosimo.
[David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 118] It was director Luigi Acquisto's feature debut. The soundtrack features
Separate Tables
''Separate Tables'' is the collective name of two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. The first play, titled ''Table by the Window'', focuses on the ...
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
External links
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''Hungry Heart''at
TCMDB
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atl ...
Australian drama films
1987 films
1980s English-language films
1980s Australian films
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