La Passione (1996 film)

The film was released in five British cities cinemas from 16 May 1997. It is a tale of 10-year-old northern boy, the son of an Italian immigrant ice-cream making family, who develops a lifelong obsession with motor racing and especially with the real-life racer Wolfgang Von Trips, who was killed in his sharknose Ferrari 156 at the Monza Grand Prix in 1961. The film is partially inspired by Rea's childhood experience. Rea commented how "everyone's got a Von Trips in their life ... for some people it happened through football or movies - a day when a boy's empty, innocent mind suddenly has all kinds of new stuff blown into it". ==Production==

Rea initially wanted to direct his own screenplay but Warner Vision, the film's distributors, did not let him and appointed John B Hobbs, a retired television director. ==Music==

On the film soundtrack, Shirley Bassey provides vocals on two tracks: "La Passione" and a duet with Chris Rea entitled "Shirley Do You Own A Ferrari?" The song "La Passione" was a hit for Bassey. The soundtrack was redone in more recent times with new music, and was re-released in November 2015 in a deluxe package which consisted of two CDs, with remastered and remixed original and new tracks, and two DVDs, the first comprising re-edited original and new short films to accompany the music along with an interview with Rea, while second of a documentary about Wolfgang Von Trips, enclosed within a 72-page book. Track listing All songs by Chris Rea. • "La Passione" (Film Theme) – 4:55 • "Dov'é il Signore?" – 6:04 (Vocals: Toby Draper; recorded at the Mill Studios Cookham 23/11/93) • "Shirley Do You Own a Ferrari?" (Vocals: Chris Rea/Shirley Bassey) – 4:43 • "Girl in a Sports Car" – 5:16 • "When the Grey Skies Turn to Blue" – 3:43 • "Horses" – 3:05 • "Olive Oil" – 4:26 • "Only to Fly" – 5:42 • "You Must Follow" – 5:29 • "'Disco' La Passione" (Vocals: Shirley Bassey) – 4:57 • "Dov'é il Signore? Part Two" – 2:31 (Vocals: Toby Draper) • "Le Mans" – 3:59 ==References==