Queen of Hearts

"ONE OF THE MOST MOVING, MAGICAL MOVIES EVER MADE." Sunday Telegraph A story of love, revenge and cappuccino. "....IT'S CRIMINALLY ENJOYABLE" Time Magazine Director of Best First Film WINNER Montreal's World Film Fesival "We started with nothing and then Dad lost it all." "...AS REFRESHING AS A GLASS OF CHILLED ITALIAN WINE...WARM COMIC INVENTIVENESS..." Daily Telegraph The life of an Italian family is told through the eyes of it's youngest member, eleven year old Eddie Lucca. The magical and charming story starts in Italy where his parents, Rosa & Danilo, then young lovers, flee from Barbariccia the rejected 'bridegroom' from an arranged marriage. They travel to England and arrive penniless in the East End of London where they set up home. The family prospers thanks to Danilo's winning a gambling fortune after seeing a vision of a talking pig's head, and 11 years on the family own a successful cafe business. But London's happy Italian community is set in a turmoil as a dark fierce figure from the past arrives to collect an old debt. From Jon Amiel the acclaimed director of 'The Singing Detective'. "PASTA PERFECT...JOYOUS" Sunday Mirror "ONE OF THE BEST BRITISH FILMS IN AGES" Daily Star "A SPLENDID GEM...MISS IT AND SUFFER" No. 1 "LOVE, REVENGE AND LOSTA LAUGHS" Sunday Express © Enterprise/TVS films.