Don't Tell (2005 film)

Don't Tell (Italian: La bestia nel cuore; lit. 'The beast in the heart') is a 2005 film directed by Cristina Comencini, based on a novel written by her.

Don't Tell
Film poster
ItalianLa bestia nel cuore
Directed byCristina Comencini
Written byCristina Comencini
Giulia Calenda
Francesca Marciano
Produced byMarco Chimenz
Giovanni Stabilini
StarringGiovanna Mezzogiorno
Alessio Boni
Luigi Lo Cascio
CinematographyFabio Cianchetti
Distributed byLionsgate Films
Release date
  • 9 September 2005 (2005-09-09)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

It was nominated for Golden Lion prize at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival, and also for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 78th Academy Awards.

Synopsis

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But lately nightmares start disturbing her, just as she discovers she is pregnant. Her childhood, spent with an older brother, has a dark secret hidden within her heart, and she goes to visit her brother in America, to try to understand what happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".

Cast

Reception

Critical response

The Beast in the Heart has an approval rating of 29% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 21 reviews, and an average rating of 5.30/10. The website's critical consensus states, "As well-intentioned as it is heavy-handed, Don't Tell mishandles a worthy subject with a meandering and melodramatic story.[1] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[2]

Awards

References
  1. "Don't Tell". Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. "Don't Tell". Metacritic.


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