| A Bullet Through the Heart (Une balle au cœur) | |
| Producer: | André Lapprand |
| Story: | Jean-Daniel Pollet |
| Editing: | Denise de Casabianca |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Language: | French |
A Bullet Through the Heart (French: Une balle au cœur, Greek: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά), released in the United States as Devil at My Heels, is a 1966 Franco-Greek crime drama film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet.
Holding an old resentment against Montelepre, a Sicilian aristocratic family, an influential gangster named Rizzardi (Vasilis Diamantopoulos) takes possession of the palace of the last member of the family, Francesco Montelepre (Sami Frey), who he plans to kill. Stripped of his property, Francesco flees to Athens to find a witness for Rizzardi's crimes so that justice is done. Despite the help of Carla (Jenny Karezi), a nightclub singer, his search is in vain. And now Rizzardi's henchmen, led by Navarra (Spýros Fokás) are in pursuit. Fleeing from village to village, Montelepre manages to kill them one by one. Meanwhile, he finds love with Anna (Françoise Hardy), a French tourist, with whom he decides to take refuge on an island. Still, Navarra finds and pursues them. Francesco kills him, but in the exchange of gunfire, Anna is fatally wounded by a bullet. Francesco returns to Sicily to take revenge by killing Rizzardi with Rizzardi killing Francisco.
In 2020, the film was restored by Cosmodigital for La Traverse with the support of CNC. It was released on Region 2 DVD in March 2020 by Les Éditions de l'Oeil.