Heaven [dvd]

A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.

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"Philippa is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose. Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. Instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders. Now with the help of her multilingual translator, Philippa escapes and continues to seek revenge on Vendice."
"A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer."@en
"Philippa, an English born teacher living in Italy, takes the law into her own hands after the police refuse to capture the drug lord responsible for her husband's death; soon she finds herself not only accused of murder, but falling in love with a sympathetic police officer."
"Philippa, a British teacher living and working in Italy, takes the law into her own hands after her information is shunned by the local police force... Her husband was killed by taking a drug overdose and now she wants revenge..."
"Philippa is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose, as have several of her students. Marco Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband, as well as a number of neighborhood teens. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. However, Philippa's plan goes awry, and instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders."
"Feature film from Germany/Italy. Drama. Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, fails in an attempt to take justice into her own hands when local police ignore her information about the drug dealer responsible for her husband's death. The young police officer translating her interrogation falls for her and the pair escape."@en
"Philippa (Cate Blanchett) is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose. Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. Instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders. Now with the help of multilingual translator, Philippa escapes and continues to seak revenge on Vendice."
"Een Turijns-Britse lerares doodt per ongeluk vier onschuldige mensen bij een mislukte aanslag op de drugsdealer die verantwoordelijk is voor de dood van haar man en de vele verslaafde leerlingen op haar school. Ze wordt gearresteerd maar krijgt onverwachts hulp van een jonge agent die haar helpt ontsnappen."
"A British teacher living in Turin takes the law into her own hands when the police ignore her offers of information about the drug dealer responsible for her husband's death, but she kills four innocent people by mistake and ends up on the run.."
"After watching her husband and friends fall victim to drug overdoses, Philippa's attempts at involving the authorities have been ill-fated. Now with the unexpected help of a sympathetic police officer, Philippa feels she has nothing to lose by taking justice into her own hands"
"Philippa is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose. Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. Instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders. Now with the help of her multilingual translator, Philippa escapes and continues to seak revenge on Vendice."
"Philippa is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose. Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. Instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders. Now with the help of her multilingual translator, Philippa escapes and continues to seak revenge on Vendice."@en
"When her husband is pronounced dead from a drugs overdose, a British teacher working in Italy becomes suspicious and presents her side of the story to the police; but they refuse to help, so she sets out on a trail of vengeance on her own. Based on a screenplay by Kryzsztof Kieslowski."
"Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, has watched helplessly as her husband and friends have fallen victim to drug overdoses. To compound her desperation, the police have completely ignored her repeated offers of information. So, with the help of a sympathetic police officer, Philippa feels she has nothing to lose by taking divine justice into her own hands."@en
"Philippa is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose, as have several of her students. Marco Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband, as well as a number of neighborhood teens. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. However, Philippa's plan goes awry, and instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders. Philippa is arrested and brought before the police for questioning, not knowing that the interrogating officer in charge of the case, Pini, is one of Vendice's secret business associates. More comfortable with English than Italian, Philippa requests a translator, and multilingual officer Filippo is brought in to serve as interpreter. Filippo finds himself falling in love with Philippa, and with his help she's able to escape and go into hiding; however, despite her deep regrets about the loss of four lives in the bombing, she is still bound and determined to see Vendice dead."@en