Matters of the Heart

Matters of the Heart contains dramatic dialogue which makes each scene so poignant. I could relate to each character in various ways. This movie is about life, and sadly, also about death, but it touches, then penetrates, the deepest core of the heart. In addition, the piano music is amazing, as each piece is played so well and constructively placed in the dramatic scenes. What remains a question I've had, is are the actors (Christopher Gartin and Jane Seymour) actually playing the piano in this movie? If that's not the case, the movie is directed so well, it could actually fool you. The piano music, the conversations, and the intensity of feelings dramatized in this movie will leave you breathless.

It's 9/10 cause it makes me cried for what happened to the main character,it makes me wanted to make my own remake of this...by writing my own plot part 2...i wish Hadley...how i wish...what a terrible movie,it makes u cried, flutter and wide eyed.i am not really satisfied to the ending,but Jane Seymour is really really beautiful,she is absolutely Good at her roles...Jane seymour hands up to you,Chris did good job as well,Thanks to this masterpiece,i really really do love this so much but 9/10 coz Hadley....in the ending...

Though this movie is not so much evaluated or taken it up as movie topics in Japan, I like it and saw it twice on Video in recent. Japanese title is "a Requiem to my lover", I think it is really right title and remain deeply in my heart forever. The secne in which she is about to die in her bed in the hospital and try to listen to his performance in Piano Competition from radio stirs me up so strong!

The answer is "No" the actors are not playing the piano. The most telling clue is the hands are located in the wrong registers relative to the music when you see them playing. The close ups show the hands of at least two others who knows how to play the pieces, but the effort expended does not match the soundtrack. If you want to see a better match of actor, stand-in player, and musical dubbing, go see The Seventh Veil, if you can find it on a movie channel.

Otherwise, this is a fairly standard TV movie of a nearly burned out artist who finds a protégé and some emotional fulfillment in a talented young man, Steven.

I guess this was a weeper of the week back in the heyday of 1970's TV movies. Lots of chances to exercise and practice acting, but not enough time to fully develop the story or characters.

the title is so attractive and expressive , the actor Christopher Gartin was so so expressive , wonderful and convinced me that he is a pianist and also in great love with Hadely in their romantic situations also when he knew that she is ill and going to die, the actress Jane was very expressive , she was serious and some situations needed her to be tough and cruel ..she expressed well ,also she was romantic in some situations , she is a wonderful actress indeed , I enjoyed the classical music in this movie I enjoyed Gartin when he was training , enjoyed his expressions , his dealing with the piano and his looking at the notes as if he is a musician he was clever enough , it is a wonderful romantic movie I adore it