Heaven (2002)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 97 minuten
Country:
Germany / Italy / United States / France / United Kingdom
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Cate Blanchett and Stefania Rocca
IMDb score:
6,9 (27.118)
Releasedate: 6 February 2002
Heaven plot
"When you take justice into your own hands, what are the consequences?"
Turin. Four innocent people are killed in a bomb attack. The English teacher Philippa (Blanchett) is arrested and confesses. Her target was a drug dealer who killed her husband and made many of her students addicted. When she hears that there are innocent victims, something inside her snaps. The police try to get her to confess that she is a terrorist with political motives. Help comes from an unexpected source: young cop Filippo (Ribisi) falls in love with Philippa. He comes up with a plan that will give her back her freedom, even if it costs him his career. Or worse.
Actors and actresses
Philippa
Filippo
Filippo's Father
Regina
Ariel
Major Pini
Mr. Vendice
The Prosecutor
The Inspector
The Lieutenant
Reviews & comments
K. V.
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- 4376 messages
- 3777 votes
This Italian/English spoken film cannot be placed directly under a genre. In the beginning, the film is thriller-like, but the film then turns into more drama/romance.
I found the film especially strong in the beginning, but after an hour the film slackened and then ended strong again with a striking ending. Don't expect a flashy movie, but rather a slightly slower one, especially after an hour. Fortunately, the film only lasted an hour and a half, so it was all in all not too bad.
The cast was also not the least: an Italian / English speaking Cate Blanchett, who also shaves all her blond locks during the film.
Not a masterpiece, but for the price I bought it (6 DVDs for €10) the film was not that bad. Good, but not wow by the second part.
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Robi
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- 2538 messages
- 2531 votes
This movie really collapses. Boy what a pity that is!! The start is really super strong. Too bad the movie didn't stay there. A strong story of a failed assassination attempt and revenge on someone who is covered by corruption and the police. It's all very ingeniously put together and is built up very nicely including a very refined escape. Also very clever how the emotional is zoomed in, in addition to this strong script. And then the revenge on the person that really mattered. If the movie had stayed here and stayed at this level, it would have gotten at least 4 stars for me.
But no, then the film falls into a bland love story and an escape road movie and then it also has a very unbelievable end.
sorry sorry sorry ........
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11127 votes
Excellent film in which a teacher commits a bomb attack that goes wrong. Despite (or perhaps partly because of) the slow pace of the film, the whole is quite exciting. Stylishly shot with beautiful camera work. Cate Blanchett plays a strong role here (especially in the scene where she is told that the bombing failed).
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