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Where was Heaven filmed?

2002 film, directed by Tom Tykwer.

  • Montepulciano

The story is set in Turin, about 245 miles (395 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Turin; Montepulciano
Filmed in
Montepulciano
Distance
About 245 miles (395 km) between Turin and the nearest filming location.
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About Heaven

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Released
2002
Director
Tom Tykwer
Cast
Cate BlanchettGiovanni RibisiRemo GironeAlberto Di StasioStefania RoccaAlessandro SperdutiGiovanni VettorazzoGianfranco BarraMax GiustiMattia Sbragia
Genre
DramaRomanceCrime

It opens with a prologue sequence showing the young Italian Carabinieri clerk Filippo (Ribisi) learning to fly a helicopter using a flight simulator.

Although everything goes according to her plan, the garbage bin in which she places the bomb is emptied by a cleaner immediately after she leaves and later explodes in an elevator, killing four people.

Philippa is tracked down by the Carabinieri, arrested, and brought to the station where Filippo works.

Famous lines from Heaven

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Philip James Bailey, Festus.Heaven
  • William Blake in Auguries of Innocence.Heaven
  • Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull.Heaven
  • I’m sure I’ll go to heaven. I’ve been dull enough.Heaven
  • A robin redbreast in a cage. Puts all Heaven in a rage.Heaven

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