The Heart of Me (film)

The Heart of Me
Directed byThaddeus O'Sullivan
Written byRosamond Lehmann
Lucinda Coxon
Produced byMartin Pope
StarringHelena Bonham Carter
Olivia Williams
Paul Bettany
CinematographyGyula Pados
Edited byAlex Mackie
Music byNicholas Hooper
Production
company
Martin Pope Productions BBC Films
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • 2 May 2003 (2003-05-02) (United Kingdom)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Germany
LanguageEnglish

The Heart of Me is a 2002 British period drama film directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany and Olivia Williams. Set in London before and after World War II, it depicts the consequences of a woman's torrid affair with her sister's husband. The film is an adaptation of Rosamond Lehmann's 1953 novel The Echoing Grove.