Hearts: plot, cast, how many episodes and streaming of the fiction
From Sunday 17 October 2021 at 21.25 on Rai 1, Hearts, the new Italian TV series set in Turin towards the end of the sixties, will be broadcast. The fiction intertwines the typical surroundings of a medical TV series with others more related to melò. Directed by Riccardo Donna, who has already directed important fictions such as Un Medico in Famiglia, Fuoriclasse, Non dirlo al mio boss and La strada di casa. The series was produced in collaboration with the Rai TV Production Center in Turin, the city where all the episodes were shot. The series also had the support of the Turin Piedmont Film Commission. But let’s see all the information together in detail.
Plot
The TV series is set in Turin in 1967. Cesare Corvara is the head physician of Molinette, as well as founder of the first Italian heart surgery department. Corvara works assisted by Alberto Ferraris, a young man with a crystalline talent, tempered in life by the premature loss of his father, who finds it intolerable to have to give up in the face of the limits of science. The two, and especially Corvara, are threatened by the chief surgeon Enrico Mosca, who loves being in the spotlight and dreams of being able to take the place of the head physician. Delia Brunello, a cardiologist with perfect pitch who comes from New York and who, despite her great diagnostic skills, has always struggled to establish herself in a still male-dominated world, upsets the already fragile workers’ balances. It was Cesare who wanted her in Turin, but perhaps he did not reckon with the consequences of his decision.
Hearts: the cast of fiction
We’ve seen the plot of Hearts, but what is the full cast of the film? Daniele Pecci is Cesare Corvara, the head physician of Molinette and founder of the first Italian heart surgery department, the one who decides to have Delia come to work in Italy, without however realizing how much this choice could have consequences on his own career; Matteo Martari is Alberto Ferraris, the pupil of Corvara, a young man with a crystalline talent, tempered in life by the premature loss of his father, who finds it intolerable to have to give up in the face of the limits of science; Pilar Fogliati is Delia Brunello, one of the first specialists in the sector, a cardiologist with perfect pitch and an extraordinary diagnostic ability who has always had to fight to establish herself in an environment that is still strongly masculine and male chauvinist. In the cast of Hearts also: Carola Stagnaro (Suor Fiorenza), Gaia Messeklinger (Agata), Simona Nasi (Elvira), Piero Cardano (Riccardo Tosi) and Mario Viecca (Riccardo Tosi). In all, 46 actors and actresses were involved on the set, and 1,900 extras.
How many bets
How many episodes are planned for Cuori, the new fiction broadcast on Rai 1? In all, 8 episodes will be broadcast: the first Sunday 17 October 2021; the last Sunday 5 December 2021. Each episode will consist of two episodes (total 16 episodes). Total duration: about one hundred minutes. Below is the complete programming (attention: it may vary):
- First episode: Sunday 17 October 2021
- Second episode: Sunday 24 October 2021
- Third episode: Sunday 31 October 2021
- Fourth episode: Sunday 7 November 2021
- Fifth episode: Sunday 14 November 2021
- Sixth episode: Sunday 21 November 2021
- Seventh episode: Sunday 28 November 2021
- Eighth episode: Sunday 5 December 2021
Location
Where was it filmed (location) Hearts? The fiction was mainly shot in Turin where filming began in September 2020 and ended in March 2021. Numerous locations used for outdoor shooting: Docks Dora, Palazzo Cisterna, Torino Esposizioni, Cavallerizza Reale, Castello and Parco del Valentino, Armida Rowing Club, Carignano Theater, Subalpine Gallery and Roman Cinema, Monte dei Cappuccini and the Faculty of Anatomy. Outside the city, however, the fiction was shot at the Leumann Village in Collegno and at the Ponte del Diavolo in Lanzo. The former Riberi Military Hospital, on the other hand, was the external face of the Molinette, while the indoor scenes, with all the interiors of the hospital, were reconstructed in the Lumiq Studios: operating rooms, waiting rooms, hospital corridors they occupied an area of 2100 square meters.
Streaming and tv
Where to see Hearts on live TV and live streaming? The film, as mentioned, airs Sunday evening at 21.25 on Rai 1. It will also be possible to follow it in live streaming via the free platform RaiPlay.it which allows you to follow the various Rai programs live from PC, tablet and smartphone. Also on RaiPlay.it it is possible to review everything thanks to the ondemand function.