Film Forum

U.S., 1982
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
With Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton
Approx. 93 mins. DCP.

Hank (Frederic Forrest) and Frannie (Teri Garr) argue while celebrating their fifth anniversary. Yearning for a life of excitement and romance, Frannie fears that she is wasting her life on a man who shows no interest in her dreams of traveling to far-off places. The argument escalates and they break up. Heading in separate ways and taking to the streets, they both meet and spend the night with strangers. Hank with the seductive Leila (Nastassja Kinski) a runaway circus performer, and Frannie with Ray (Raul Julia), a handsome waiter who moonlights as a cocktail pianist and singer. After another show-down, Frannie says that she is leaving Hank for Ray and that they plan to escape to Bora Bora. Hank follows her to the airport in a last-ditch attempt to win her back. 

Reviews

“I’ve always loved ONE FROM THE HEART, despite the disruption it caused in my dreams for American Zoetrope. However, there is magic in cinema and while preparing this film for 4K, it was apparent I could refine the story. This new version is an improvement in many ways and I am proud of what was achieved with ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE.”
– Francis Ford Coppola

“There’s plenty to enjoy here, especially the sparkling emotional openness of Garr, who is a terrific natural dancer and seems always to be dancing, even when she isn’t.”
 – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“A movie that takes a drastic and original approach to the very notion of character, to the essence of subjectivity in cinema.”
 – Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“It’s the sheer commitment to artificiality that makes ONE FROM THE HEART an important inspiration for the modern musical, even while it stares backward.”
 – IndieWire