Based on Max Blecher's autobiographical novel, which is considered by worldwide critics as "a masterpiece" or "lost classic".
During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for the treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on 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. He reads, he writes, he smokes and drinks, interacts with doctors, nurses and stretcher-bearers. He observes how healing seems to be happening transiently, following mysterious laws: some patients get better, some worse, others die. He even has a romantic relationship, while Romania outside of this institution doesn‘t have much to offer him, turning more and more into an extreme right-wing society...
PÖFF 2016: Scarred Hearts
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Genre
Drama, Biography
Director
Radu Jude
Run time
2h 21min
Genre
Drama, Biography
Director
Radu Jude
Run time
2h 21min
Based on Max Blecher's autobiographical novel, which is considered by worldwide critics as "a masterpiece" or "lost classic".
During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for the treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on 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. He reads, he writes, he smokes and drinks, interacts with doctors, nurses and stretcher-bearers. He observes how healing seems to be happening transiently, following mysterious laws: some patients get better, some worse, others die. He even has a romantic relationship, while Romania outside of this institution doesn‘t have much to offer him, turning more and more into an extreme right-wing society...
During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for the treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on 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. He reads, he writes, he smokes and drinks, interacts with doctors, nurses and stretcher-bearers. He observes how healing seems to be happening transiently, following mysterious laws: some patients get better, some worse, others die. He even has a romantic relationship, while Romania outside of this institution doesn‘t have much to offer him, turning more and more into an extreme right-wing society...
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Rating
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Production year
2016
Global distributor
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Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/24/2016