Product Details

• Actors: Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Silvia Munt, Vicky Peña, Andoni Erburu
• Directors: Montxo Armendáriz
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: New Yorker Video
• DVD Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004Z4SK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #83,173 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Secrets of the Heart" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, SECRETS OF THE HEART (SECRETOS DEL CORAZON) is an elegant and poignant tale of the mysterious and magical adult world as seen through the eyes of Javi, a nine-year-old child, growing up in a small provincial town in the 1960s.

Javi believes he can hear the voices of the dead and that they whisper to him their secrets, which were left unspoken in life. At his mother's house in the mountains, he is fascinated by the room in which his father died and which his mother carefully keeps locked. But, Javi also learns that the living have their secrets as well.

As Javi begins to comprehend these secrets of the heart, he takes us on a journey where we are offered "The irresistible opportunity to see the world once again through the eyes of a child." (Seattle Film Festival)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets of the Heart, October 17, 2000

By	"lillirod" (Guaynabo, PR USA) - See all my reviews

If you like European films, you'll love this one! I saw it a couple of years ago at an International Film Festival and loved it. This is type of movie that explores human emotions: deep, slow paced and sometimes funny. Filmed in Spain in a small provincial town in the 1960's, it tells the story of nine-year-old boy, curious about the secrets enclosed in a room that is always kept locked: the room where his father was found dead. Through his relationship with his immediate family: mother, brother, aunt, uncle, he comes up with the answer.

Worth seeing!

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant quiet movie, September 22, 2001

By A Customer

A pleasure to watch.The main character, a nine year old child appears in every single scene as he discovers sexuality in the adult members of his familiy. The VDV does not contain any features and the subtitles cannot be turned off.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets of the Heart a moving heartwarmer., December 13, 2006

By	A. Paul Carlock, Jr. "filmfanatic" (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have watched--and collected--thousands of movies. This is one of my favorites, and I am sure it will be one of yours too, providing you get the oportunity to watch it. Highly recommended.