The film reminded me that good art is not artificial.  Great art heightens our awareness of reality. Heaven fails because it feels contrived and artificial.  Cate Blanchett has one scene in which she unleashes her full acting ability. But she cannot make up for a week script written by Krzysztof Kieslowski, who I admired greatly for the “Three Colors” trilogy. Tom Twyker (the director) covered much more compellingly the idea that love may become more important than life in his splendid The Princess and the Warrior.” The only pleasing feature of the film was the magnificent Italian landscape. But if you want to see a beautiful southern Europe, watch Twyker’s recent movie The Perfume: The story of a murderer which has an amazing plot. The Perfume is a great piece of art.