Burning Hearts

Burning Hearts
Directed byPippo Mezzapesa [it]
Screenplay byPippo Mezzapesa
Antonella Gaeta
Davide Serino
Starring
CinematographyMichele D'Attanasio
Music byTeho Teardo
Distributed by01 Distribution
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
LanguageItalian

Burning Hearts (Italian: Ti mangio il cuore, meaning "I'll eat your heart") is a 2022 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Pippo Mezzapesa [it]. The film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1] 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 Gargano Mafia [it].[2] It marked the acting debut of singer Elodie.[3]

  1. ^ Screen staff (29 August 2022). "Venice 2022 preview: Screen's guide to the Horizons titles". Screen Daily. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ Arletti, Claudia (16 September 2022). ""Ti mangio il cuore": Al cinema con Rosa ed Elodie". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Le prime immagini di Elodie al suo debutto cinematografico". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). 18 July 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.