Aprimi II Cuore,sexy drama

Directed by Giada Colagrande, Aprimi II Cuore follows the obsessive and sometimes incestuous relationship between sisters Caterina (Colagrande) and Maria (Natalie Cristiani). Caterina, 17-years-old and shy, loves the arts and takes comfort in listening to music while her sister, a prostitute, entertains her nightly host of clients. Living in the apartment becomes harder with each passing day, as Maria is only allowed to leave to go to dance class. Despite Maria's efforts, Caterina falls for her dance teacher, Giovanni (Claudio Botosso), and series of perverse situations present themselves as the siblings compete for his attention. but who is Giada Colagrande?

Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director and actress.
Colagrande was born in Pescara, Abruzzo. She studied in Italy, Switzerland and Australia, and in 1995 she moved to Rome where she began making videoart and documentaries on the work of contemporary artists. From 1997 to 2000 she joined the art project VOLUME, where she made videos on Jannis Kounellis, Alfredo Pirri, Bernhard Rüdiger, Nunzio, Raimund Kummer, Gianni Dessí, Maurizio Savini and Sol Lewitt. In 1997 she directed her first short film Carnaval (13’, 35mm); in 1998 her second, Fetus – 4 Brings Death (23’, 35mm); in 2000 N.3 (7’, video).
In 2001 she wrote, directed and starred in her first feature film, “Aprimi il Cuore” (Open My Heart), which opened at the Venice Film Festival 2002, and then was selected by many international film festivals, such as the Tribeca Film Festival 2003, in competition, and Paris Cinéma 2003, where it won the award Prix de l’avenir. Giada was also nominated for Best New Director at Nastri d’Argento 2003. Open my Heart was released in Italy by Lucky Red and in the USA by Strand Releasing.
In 2005 she directed her second feature “Before it Had a Name”, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe. The film opened at the Venice Film Festival 2005 and was then showed in San Sebastián and other international film festivals. Before it Had a Name was distributed in USA and internationally with the title Black Widow.“A WOMAN”, written and directed by Colagrande, starring Willem Dafoe and Jess Weixler, is her third feature film and her third participation in the Venice Film Festival.Colagrande married actor Willem Dafoe on 25 March 2005