Virna Lisi in a scene from "Follow Your Heart" "Follow Your Heart" is a sentimental story written by Susanna Tamaro. I n 1996, I purchased the book at Rizzoli Bookstore in San Francisco. I was so captivated it, I remember finishing it on the BART train on my way to work at KTVU in Oakland with tears rolling down my face. After all these years, I just watched the movie that was directed by Cristina Comencini . As much as I have written about her over the years, I have no recollection of her having made a film adapted from the book. I am still shocked. Of course, I got chocked up at the end to actually see this book from my 20s play out on the screen directed by one of my favorite filmmakers who I actually met a few years ago. So strange how small the world really is. Virna Lisi and Margherita Buy are really spectacular as the same character in different time periods. It is such a moving story and so perfectly adapted by these ...
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