The Heart of Me Movie Review 2002

Rather staid adaptation of Rosamond Lehmann's 1953 novel "The Echoing Grove," which follows the romantic trials of bohemian Dinah (Bonham Carter) and her adulterous affair with her chilly older sister Madeleine's (Williams) husband, Rickie (Bettany). Soapy melodrama covers approximately the mid-thirties to the post-war period.

Distribution

ThinkFilm, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Fl., New York, NY 10013, Phone: (646)293-9400

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Triangles, Brothers & Sisters, Marriage, Period Piece: 1930s, Period Piece: 1940s, Adultery, Pregnant Pauses, London, Flashback

Screenplay

Lucinda Coxon

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron

Cinematography

Gyula Pados

Director

Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Music

Nicholas Hooper

Other

Sheena Napier, Martin Trevis, Alex Mackie, Karen Wakefield, Michael Carlin

Producer

Thaddeus O'Sullivan, BBC Films, Take 3, ThinkFilm