Colpire Al Cuore Movie Analysis
Analytical Paper #1
The Years of Lead (Anni di piomno) was a period of socio-political abruption in Italy from the late 1960s into the early 1980s. This period was marked by a wave of terrorism. Italian cinema has played a prominent role in portraying the ongoing impact of the anni di piomno and in defining the ways in which Italians remember and work through the events associated with this traumatic decade.
The film Colpire al cuore (1982) serves as a vision of terrorism analyzed through the generation gap between father and son. The film takes place in Milan during the early 1980s. Dario (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a university professor, husband, and loving father to son Emilio. He is recognized for both his professional and social successes. Meanwhile his neglected teenage son Emilio (Fausto Rossi) lives in the shadow of his father. Emilio treats his father with the upmost respect so as to always stay in his good graces. Yet all this changes following the climax of the film. When a terrorist act linked to the Red Brigades leaves one of Dario's close friends dead, Emilio becomes suspicious, leading to a conflict that damages the once steady father-son relationship between these two main characters.
Terrorism has more devastating effects that what meets the eye as shown on television or read in newspapers. It goes without being said that terrorist attacks damage more than just property and the victims of the crime scene. Similarly, it is not just about the tension amongst the relationship between opposing activists either. The circumstances and perspectives surrounding terrorism can also seek to destroy relationships amongst innocent families with opposing viewpoints from the inside out. Director Gianni Amelio finds the importance in illustrating such a concept. This film serves as a realistic scenario of how such an effect can escalate. Amelio draws from the depths of psychology to create a psycholoanalytical interpretation of
The Years of Lead (Anni di piomno) was a period of socio-political abruption in Italy from the late 1960s into the early 1980s. This period was marked by a wave of terrorism. Italian cinema has played a prominent role in portraying the ongoing impact of the anni di piomno and in defining the ways in which Italians remember and work through the events associated with this traumatic decade.
The film Colpire al cuore (1982) serves as a vision of terrorism analyzed through the generation gap between father and son. The film takes place in Milan during the early 1980s. Dario (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a university professor, husband, and loving father to son Emilio. He is recognized for both his professional and social successes. Meanwhile his neglected teenage son Emilio (Fausto Rossi) lives in the shadow of his father. Emilio treats his father with the upmost respect so as to always stay in his good graces. Yet all this changes following the climax of the film. When a terrorist act linked to the Red Brigades leaves one of Dario's close friends dead, Emilio becomes suspicious, leading to a conflict that damages the once steady father-son relationship between these two main characters.
Terrorism has more devastating effects that what meets the eye as shown on television or read in newspapers. It goes without being said that terrorist attacks damage more than just property and the victims of the crime scene. Similarly, it is not just about the tension amongst the relationship between opposing activists either. The circumstances and perspectives surrounding terrorism can also seek to destroy relationships amongst innocent families with opposing viewpoints from the inside out. Director Gianni Amelio finds the importance in illustrating such a concept. This film serves as a realistic scenario of how such an effect can escalate. Amelio draws from the depths of psychology to create a psycholoanalytical interpretation of