CAIRO – 14 November 2017: Director Radu Jude’s Romanian-German biographical drama "Scarred Hearts” (2016) is part of the lineup for the Panorama of the European Film Festival, and is set to screen on Tuesday, November 14.
The film is based off Romanian author Max Blecher's life and writings and is set in the 1930s, during the rise of Hitler. The film follows Emanuel (Lucian Rus), a young idealistic author whose young life is tragically cut short after he is confined in a hospital due to being afflicted with bone tuberculosis, which is slowly killing him.
As his body fails him, his mind struggles to make the best of his dark situation, and he does find hope through a former patient who comes to visit, and with whom Emanuel falls in love.
Since the film’s release on November 18, 2016, it has won over nine awards, including the Tobias Spencer Award - Special Mention at the Haifa International Film Festival, and the Don Quixote and Special Jury Prize awards at the Locarno International Film Festival.
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