Scarred Hearts

Summer of 1937. Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a stretcher bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest. He makes friends and engages in conversations, political for the most part. Meanwhile, his home country, Romania, is turning more and more into an extreme right-wing society.

RO/DE/BE/FR, 2016, 141 min.; ro, de / en sub / sk tit