Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts follows Jude, an American, and Mina, an Italian, who meet by chance in New York City and quickly fall in love and marry. When their son is born, Mina becomes convinced that the child must be shielded from the contamination of the outside world, and her fixation on purity, hygiene and veganism grows increasingly rigid. Jude goes along with her wishes out of love, until he comes to see that the boy is not developing as he should and that his life is in danger. What began as a chance encounter turns into a struggle between the two parents over how far Mina's convictions can be allowed to go.

Saverio Costanzo directed and wrote the film, which was produced by Riccardo Neri and Mario Gianani for RAI, RAI Cinema, Wildside and Atlantic Pictures. It is his first feature in the chronological list of his work, followed by Finally Dawn. Adam Driver plays Jude and Alba Rohrwacher plays Mina, with Roberta Maxwell as Anna, Jake Weber as Dr. Bill, and twins Brandon and Joshua Reiss as the baby. The drama runs 109 minutes and was released in January 2015. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 225 votes.