Heiners Filmseiten – Heart (en)

Series: Heart
(Cuore)

Francaise title: Les belles années
Spain title: Corazón
Russian title: Сердце
Original title: Cuore

Alternative titles:
Cuore : Echoes of the heart | Corazón: Diario de un niño

Drama – Italy, France
Produktionsjahr: 1984

Director: Luigi Comencini
Writer: Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Cristina Comencini, Luigi Comencini, Edmondo De Amicis
Cinematograph: Luigi Kuveiller
Music: Manuel de Sica

Movie description:

A whole year of school in the life of Enrico, a young boy from the Italian bourgeoisie. He meets his new schoolteacher, Mister Perboni, a very devoted man, children from working classes such as Garrone, a boy with a heart of gold, Derossi, the top of the class, Franti, the young rebel – But will the moral they are taught be still so noble when they become soldiers in WW1?

Life before the turn of the 20th century. Four soldiers meet in the army and reminisce about their childhoods in a bygone era, and these are the scenes that unfold for the majority of the next two hours. The men have been privileged to have had good teachers in school, and while their home lives differed and in some cases were difficult, nothing really stopped them from going on to a well-adjusted adult life. As 19th-century attitudes are painted in clear strokes, viewers may still wonder if life was quite as ideal as these vignettes would indicate.

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