Director: Hector Babenco
Scenery and Dialogs: Hector Babenco and Ricardo Piglia,
on an original idea of Hector Babenco
Producers: Hector Babenco and Francisco Ramalho - H.B.Filmes Ltda (Brazil)
Co-Producers: Oscar Kramer
Jean François Lepetit
Co-Production: Sony Entertainment
TV Cultura
São Paulo State Cultural Secretariat, São Paulo, Brazil
Co-Production Argentina: Oscar Kramer S.A.
Co-Production France: Flach Film
Photography Director: Lauro Escorel
Scenography: Carlos Conti
Editing: Mauro Alice
Music by: Zbgniew Preisner

FRANCISCO RAMALHO (PRODUCER)
Francisco Ramalho is an associate of Hector Babenco in the Société de Production HB Filmes Ltda. He has produced, among others, A FLOR DA PELE (1975); O CORTIÇO (1978), PAULA, A HISTORIA DE UMA SUBVERSIVA (1979) and BESAME MUCHO (1986).

OSCAR KRAMER (PRODUCER)
Oscar Kramer has produced two films by Luis Puenzo: OFFICIAL HISTORY (Oscar for Best Foreign film in 1986) and THE PEST (1993). He has also produced DE ESO NO SE HABLA - with Marcello Mastroianni - and THE IMPOSTOR, both by Maria Luisa Bemberg, the latter in co-production with Alejandro Massi.
Prior to making FOOLISH HEART, Oscar Kramer produced THE TANGO LESSON by Sally Potter.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS LEPETIT (PRODUCER)
Jean-François Lepetit has produced and co-produced more than 40 films, among others, THREE MEN AND A BASKET by Coline Serreau, THE GREAT WAY by Jean-Loup Hubert, SUMMER IN GENTLE SLOPE by Gerard Krawczyk, UNDER SATAN's SUN by Maurice Pialat, THE GLOWING FIRE by Eric Barbier, THE YOUNG GIRL AND DEATH by Roman Polanski, JANE EYRE by Franco Zeffirelli, THE WHIMS OF A RIVER by Bernard Giraudeau, BANDITS by Katja von Garnier. For the last three years, he has been lending support to Hector Babenco's project FOOLISH HEART.
He is currently producing Catherine Breillat's film ROMANCE.

RICARDO PIGLIA (SCRIPT WRITER)
Considered by various critics as the worthy heir to the literary legacies of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar, Ricardo Piglia is on of the most important contemporary writers in Latin America. Among his works are "Invasion", "False Name", "Artificial Respiration" and "Absent City" adapted for opera in 1996. In 1997, he received Argentina's most prestigious literary prize, Planeta, for his latest book "Plata Quemada".
In 1992, Hector Babenco - after having read "Artificial Respiration" and discovered that the author was his age and had also been educated in Mar Del Plata - made a proposal to Piglia to work together on the writing of FOOLISH HEART (later they discovered they had even studied at the same school).

FOOLISH HEART was written, on and off, during five years. Hector Babenco and Ricardo Pigilia used to lock themselves up in a secluded hotel for several weeks discussing the script. "Then", says Piglia, "I used to work on the text and send it to Hector for his comments which he would return to me. It was in this way we wrote FOOLISH HEART."
After FOOLISH HEART (his first motion picture experience) Ricardo Piglia has co-written the script of COMODINES by Jorge Nisco, one of Argentinean cinema's greatest box-office successes in 1997. He also wrote the script for LA SONAMBULA by Fernando Spiner.

LAURO ESCOREL (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)
This is Escorel and Babenco's fifth collaboration after, KING OF THE NIGHT; LUCIO FLAVIO, PASSENGER OF AGONY; IRONWEED and AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD.
Lauro Escorel is certainly one of the greatest brazilian directors of photography. He worked in BYE BYE BRAZIL, QUILOMBO and BETTER DAYS WILL COME by Carlos Diegues, ALL NUDITY WILL BE PUNISHED and EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR (LOVE ME FOREVER AND EVER) by Arnaldo Jabor.
In the U.S., he participated in the making of the films AMELIA EARHART; THE FINAL FLIGHT (1994) and CRITICAL CHOICES (1996) and for television "Voices" and "Stuart saves his Families" in 1995.

CARLOS CONTI (SCENOGRAPHY)
Born in Argentina, Carlos Conti has lived in France for several years. He has worked on several French films such as 37,2 THE MORNING, and ROSELYNE AND THE LIONS by Jean-Jacques Beineix, NELLY AND MONSIEUR ARNAUD by Claude Sautet and MY FAVORITE SAISON by André Techiné.
In Argentina, he was responsible for the scenography of THE TANGO LESSON by Sally Potter.

ZBIGNIEW PREISNER (COMPOSER)
A Polish composer, Zbigniew Preisner worked for a long time with Krystof Kieslowsky, notably on THE DECALOG, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE and the BLUE, WHITE and RED trilogy.
He also composed the the music for Agnieska Holland's film, EUROPA.
FOOLISH HEART is his second cooperation with Hector Babenco, the first being AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD.

Sponsorship
VOLKSWAGEN
TAM
TELEBRÁS
BR - PETROBRAS
BNDES - FINAME - BNDESPAR
UNIBANCO
VARIG BRASIL
*This film was partially produced with resources obtained through Law 8.313/91 by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture

All the actors, technicians and equipment for this film were transported by VARIG Brasil

Support
Volkswagen do Brasil S.A.
Cia Telefônica da Borda do Campo - CTBC
Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. USIMINAS
BOVESPA S.A. Corretora de Cambio e Títulos
Banespa S.A. Corretora de Seguros
Banespa S.A. Administradora de Cartões de Crédito e Serviço
Banespa S.A. Arrendamento Mercantil
Cia de Cimento Portland RIO BRANCO
Telecomunicações do Ceará S.A. - TELECEARÁ
Banco Lloyds S.A.
Lloyds Fomento Comercial Ltda
Lloyds Bank Serviços e Participações S/C Ltda
Lloyds Bank PLC
Banco América do Sul S.A.
Cia Suzano de Papel e Celulose
Bradesco Previdência e Seguros S.A.
Petrobrás Distribuidora S.A.
Unibanco CVM S.A.
Cia Paulista de Força e Luz
Banco Icatu S.A.
Banco BMG
BMG Corretora S.A.
BMG Factoring Fomento Comercial Ltda
Imprensa Oficial do Estado S.A. - IMESP
Banco BBA Creditanstalt S.A.
Nossa Caixa Nosso Banco
Tulipas Planejamento e Assessoria de Negócios Ltda
Ana & David Feffer
*Producers associated through the Audiovisual Law 8.685/93 of Brasil

Brokerage: SUPRA Corretora de Valores de Câmbio e Valores Mobiliários Registro CVM 060/96

AC NIELSEN
TREVISAN
DENISONBRASIL
*Institutional support from the City Hall of the Municipality of São Paulo - Law 10.923/90

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CINEMATOGRAFIA Y ARTES AUDIOVISUALES - Argentina