For many people, a conversation about what foods are good for you opposed to what isn't is as familiar as a pair of socks that's been through the washer too often. By my calculations, a loving couple can argue just as much over food as over their finances, and the arguing can even escalate to a screaming match once the question of what to feed the children enters into it.
Author and journalist Michael Pollan made it sound so easy when he exhorted us to eat "real food," though not too much of it, but as "Hungry Hearts" reveals, the gastronomy issue can be complicated, confusing and ultimately terrifying. A young married couple discovers this the hard way as food literally becomes an extreme bone of contention that eventually tears them apart.
"Hungry Hearts" is Italian Saverio Constanzo's first foray into the English language arena, and though it is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Volpi Cup for both best actress and best actor at the Venice Film Festival two years ago, it hasn't seen much international distribution apart from at film festivals. It hasn't even opened in the United States yet.