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A heart elsewhere (Il cuore altrove) - Neri Marcore, Giancarlo Giannini, Vanessa Incontrada, Pupi Avati

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Nello Balocchi (Neri Marcoré), 35, a shy and clumsy man devoted to the academic world is sent by his father - a pragmatic businessman and womaniser who happens to be the Pope's tailor - to teach at a high school in Bologna in the hope that living in such an emancipated city will allow him to find a wife at last, thus giving the family its eagerly awaited heir. On reaching Bologna, Nello goes to live in a pensione run by Arabella (Sandra Milo) where he shares a room with a Neapolitan barber, thanks to whose advice he gradually gets to know the fairer sex. While he discovers that he has a great talent for teaching, the search for a soul mate is unsuccessful. Until the day he finds himself at a tea dance in a home for blind women, by chance or sent there by Providence. There Nello meets a "femme fatale", Angela Gardini (Vanessa Incontrada), the most beautiful and open-minded young woman in all Bologna, who turns his life upside down.

Persons of interest

Neri Marcoré .... Nello Balocchi
Giancarlo Giannini .... Cesare Balocchi
Vanessa Incontrada .... Angela Gardini
Nino D'Angelo .... Domenico Riccio
Cesare Cremonini .... Parroco Santa Lucia
Angelo Di Loreta .... The Monsignore
Giulio Bosetti .... Doctor Gardini
Edoardo Romano .... Professor Gibertoni
Vanessa Gallipoli
Sandra Milo .... Arabella
Pupi Avati .... Screenwriter
Pupi Avati .... Director

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A heart elsewhere (Il cuore altrove) QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Australian Italian Film Festival 2003: Screening
Cannes Film Festival 2003: Nomination: Golden Palm (Pupi Avati)
David di Donatello Film Festival 2003: Best Director (Pupi Avati); Nominations: Best Actor (Neri Marcoré), Best Costume Design (Mario Carlini, Francesco Crivellini), Best Editing (Amedeo Salfa), Best Music (Riz Ortolani), Best Production Design (Simona Migliotti), Best Supporting Actor (Giancarlo Giannini)

NB: Italian language dialogue with English language subtitles
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