Matters of the Heart
Tags: romantic

Plot synopsis:
Hope Dunne lives in a chic SoHo loft, content with her life as a top photographer. So when she accepts a London assignment at Christmas to photograph a world-famous writer, she never expected to fall in love. Finn O’Neill is taken aback with Hope and they have a windswept romance with Finn whisking her away to his palatial, Irish estate. Though divorced, Hope loves her ex-husband Paul very much. Paul, a retired surgeon,divorced her only because he didn't want to pull her along with him as he dies slowly from illness.
Hope begins to fall in love but soon finds that Finn and his life are not what she expects. Hope is madly in love with Finn but he is also the source of her fears. Finn' lies and hurt begin to unnerve Hope and she becomes scared and alone miles away from home with no-one to support her as she tries to deal with all matters of the heart.
Finn O’Neill exudes warmth and a boyish charm. Enormously successful, he is a perfect counterpoint to Hope’s quiet, steady grace–and he’s taken instantly by her. He courts her as no one ever has before, whisking her away to his palatial, isolated Irish estate.
Hope finds it all, and him, irresistible. But soon cracks begin to appear in his stories: Gaps in his history, a few innocent lies, and bouts of jealousy unnerve her. Suddenly Hope is both in love and deeply in doubt, and ultimately frightened of the man she loves. Is it possible that this adoring man is hiding something even worse? The spell cast by a brilliant sociopath has her trapped in his web, too confused and dazzled to escape, as he continues to tighten his grip on her.

Review: Jane Seymour and Classical Music in One of the Most Beautiful Romances Ever Made.
In Cromwell, the sensitive teenager Steven Harper (Chris Gartin) dreams on becoming a pianist.
However, his rude father Glenn Harper (James Stacy), who is a disabled veteran from Vietnam, questions his masculinity since he wanted his son to work in his hardware store with his uncle Frank Harper (Geoffrey Lewis).
When Steven finds that the famous pianist and composer Hadley Norman (Jane Seymour) is living recluse in Cromwell, he approaches to her.
A couple of days later, Hadley finds that Steven is a talented pianist.
She becomes his teacher and plans his participation in a contest in Boston.
Despite their difference of age, they fall in love with each other.
Out of the blue, Hadley constantly goes to New York, and Steven believes she is meeting her former husband John Norman (Clifford David).
One day, Hadley disappears and Steven sees John packing her stuff.
Then he tells to Steven what happened to Hadley."Matters of the Heart" is one of the most beautiful romances ever made.
The sensitive story of a woman and her protégé falling in love with each other is adorable.
In the lead role is Jane Seymour, certainly one of the most beautiful actresses of the world; in the soundtrack, classical music.
The result is an unforgettable film that unfortunately was only released on VHS in Brazil.
My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Tarde Demais para o Amor" ("Too Late for Love").
A "must see" for Jane Seymour fans!.
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..
fantastic movie.
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.
Wonderful but sad story..
Excellent job of Jane Seymour as Hadley Norman.
IMO it's believable.
Jane at her best!
And a great Christopher Gartin whom I haven't heard of before I saw the movie.
Wonderful score and beautiful pictures.If you are a fan of Jane Seymour (I am!) and haven't seen this movie yet, it will move you to tears..
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!.
Wonderful melodrama!.
Wonderful melodrama!.
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.
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.
Japanese title is "a Requiem to my lover", I think it is really right title and remain deeply in my heart forever.
The scene 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!.
Decent playing in an OK movie of the week.
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..
typical TV formula movie.
Not a *really* bad performance, but this formula movie didn't have any surprises.
Jane Seymour does a great job as the recluse musician, but the story does not even nearly rise to her level.
Christopher Gartin does have his moments making all the goofy mistakes that an 18-year-old really makes.n.b. in the 1990's, there were no rich famous people driving MGA's..
A pretty mature romance.
What sets is apart from other romance movies is the dialog feels real, not contrived and the story isn't cliched.
An 18 year old boy and budding pianist in a small town starts taking lessons from a famous pianist composer who is in town to compose.
They start a passionate affair.
She enters him in a competition but she's dying of cancer.Jane Seymour is a great actress - better than TV standard then or now.
They use lots of real classical music like Chopin Scriabin Bach and the fictional composer's own compositions.They don't make TV movies like they used to.