cuore sacro combine glossy film effect with a story that leave much to be desire . with a script that the screen writer for touch by an angel might have pass up a be too impuissant and ozpetek still keep u interested at time . in fact and i want to focus on the positive but i find the last act so bafflingly bizarre and awful that i think the couple who jump to their death in the very begin might have be the fortunate one . this movie be at heart ( pun intend ) a story build on a big twist style end . this kind of tenuous foundation can result in a tremendous success like tornatore una pura formalità or god awful garbage like the film of m. night shyamalan . cuore sacro fall somewhat close to the latter . i find the cinematography in general to be above average . the track shot of irene dutifully do her quotidian lap in the pool be very impressive a be the atmosphere conjure by the interior of her mother house . for me and the grotesque parody of michelangelo pieta when giancarlo come in from the rain and irene pose with him be a bit of a stretch . one big issue that i take exception to in this film be ozpetek method of simply turn the camera directly into the face of his protagonist and record the emotion take place . this work to fantastic effect in face window and but when employ here it seem that bubolova be no mezzogiorno . in fact besides the ridiculous story and the main problem with this film be the milquetoast performance of it main character . it make the final breakdown scene even more unconscionably bad . in this movie ozpetek continue his crusade against our corporate drive society by urge u to be more spiritual ( not necessarily religious ) and more altruistic . and while i be certainly one who be very sympathetic to this view and i felt a if the audience be be hit over the head with a blunt object . could the character have be anymore two dimensional . i tend to find this movie very enervating and soulless . be the evil aunt eleonora anything more than a caricature . it go for the people on the side of right too and like the good aunt maria clara and the elderly doorman aurelio . and just in case we might have miss ozpetek point and he decide to clothe his oppose force in their own livery . this bring me to an interesting point about the director use of color . he clothe the opening couple who briefly take flight in all black and as well a irene ( when we first meet her and after her life conversion ) and the evil aunt eleonora and and of course the good but confused padre carras . black be a color that suggest a definite course and the wearer mind be set and emotionless . it be the color of choice for that indispensable item of modern day armor and the business suit . it be also the color of mourn and such a the funerary finery sport by the suicidal duo . finally and black be the color of piety and such a the simple robe of priest and nun that irene emulates in the second half of the film . the other main color and and a very appropriate choice for a movie about the sacred heart and be red . it be a color that have an extreme inherent emotional component . the character who wear red be bold and emotional and receptive to new idea and and indulgent . red be a risky color in modern time while it challenge our perception of the wearer and at the same time make the wearer vulnerable . yet red carry an enormous weight of history and mysticism and a the early member of cro magnon man bury their dead in red ochre and indeed the first man name in the torah and adam and be name after the hebrew word for red . red also have an anachronistic flavor and look back on the past where red ( and by association a less self driven attitude towards life ) be more accepted . so when we encounter the red filled room ( the mysterious frieze cover wall complete with a red accented menorah and a red painting of a whirling dervish . ) of irene mother and good character maria clara and aurelio wear resplendent outfit of red and and finally the painting of irene mother in a formal red gown we can see where ozpetek sympathy lie . a word or two about the soundtrack and i find the original musical theme to be excellently suit to the story . the quasi baroque theme that signify irene be great for it monotony and feeling of restive malaise ( the absolute best use of a constantly repeat baroque theme such a this would have to be in kubrick barry lyndon and with it masterful repetition of an 8 bar sarabande attribute to handel ) . one absolutely inspired choice be a couple of second of an opera aria we hear a the power be flicker while irene be chase benny through the house . it be of the famous aria ebben . . ne andrò lontano from catalani opera la wally . the aria be sing by the lead soprano who be leave home forever . a irene mother be a dramatic soprano and we can guess that this be a recording of her singing and that she be say a poignant farewell to her daughter and a in the movie irene be soon destine to never again see benny alive . i just have one minor question of the soundtrack and why include the famous tango yo soy maria . i love the song and personally could hear it all the time and but it do not really fit here .