Blow to the Heart

{{short description|1983 Italian film by Gianni Amelio}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Blow to the Heart

| image = Colpire al cuore.jpg

| story = Gianni Amelio

| director = Gianni Amelio

| writer = Vincenzo Cerami

| starring = Jean-Louis Trintignant
Laura Morante

| music = Franco Piersanti

| cinematography = Tonino Nardi

| editing =

| producer =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1982}}

| runtime =

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

Blow to the Heart ({{langx|it|Colpire al cuore}}) is a 1982 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio.{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 2000|isbn=887742429X}} The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival. Fausto Rossi won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best new actor.

The film also won the Silver Ribbon for best script.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}} It was described as a "masterful psychological study investigating two profoundly different characters".{{cite news|last=Svet Atanasov|title=DVD Video Reviews - Blow to the Heart|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27838/blow-to-the-heart-italian-release/|access-date=28 June 2013|newspaper=DVD Talk|date=May 1, 2007|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014183921/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27838/blow-to-the-heart-italian-release/|url-status=live}} A teenage son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and begins keeping his father under surveillance after one of his father's friends dies in a terrorist shoot-out.