
Hungry Hearts
2015


“Arthur Miller's Drama of Love and Obsession”
12 votes
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho. Catherine falls in love with Rudolpho; and Eddie, tormented but unable to admit even to himself his quasi-incestuous love, reports the illegal immigrants to the authorities.
Director
Sidney LumetWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A

Often, when you get films with multiple production countries behind them, you can end up with a bit of a mess that ties to pander more to its investors rather than its audience. Here, the casting of Raf Vallone as the increasingly troubled “Eddie” and a selection of other European actors actually helped to authenticate the Tower of Babel that New York City actually was. He is a manual worker who has long since only being going through the motions with wife “Be” (Maureen Stapleton) whilst becoming increasingly infatuated with his niece “Catherine” (Carol Lawrence). When two of her cousins arriv…
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