La Passione

La Passione is a 1996 British drama film written and produced by Chris Rea, directed by John B. Hobbs, and starring Sean Gallagher, Paul Shane and Shirley Bassey. The film premiered on 14 November 1996 at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features a cameo appearance by Rea, as well the same-titled soundtrack also composed by him. The soundtrack reached the No. 43 position in UK Albums Chart, and was certified Silver by BPI in 1997.

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, and an interview with Rea, while the second has documentary about Wolfgang Von Trips. It was enclosed within a 72-page book.