Scarred Hearts (2016)

Scarred Hearts is inspired by Romanian author Max Blechers novel, which is set in 1937. It centers on Emanuel, a man in his early 20s, who spends his days at a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast, suffering from bone tuberculosis. Falling in love with another patient, he narrates his and his fellow patients attempts to live life to the full as their bodies slowly wither but their minds refuse to give in. Blecher wrote the text, hailed as a masterpiece on publication in Romania in 1939, as autobiographical notes before he died, after 10 years of suffering, at the age of 29.

Information: Fullscreen (FS)

• Director: Radu Jude
• Producer: M. Blecher (novel) (as Max Blecher), Radu Jude (screenplay)
• Famous actors: Serban Pavlu, Gabriel Spahiu, Ivana Mladenovic
• Category: Biography, Drama
• Country: Romania
• Rating IMDB: 7,1
• Language: Romanian
• Release date: 18 November 2016
• Duration: 2h 21min
• Cast: Serban Pavlu, Gabriel Spahiu, Ivana Mladenovic, Sofia Nicolaescu, Dana Marineci, Sarra Tsorakidis, Lucian Teodor Rus, Alexandru Dabija, Ilinca Harnut, Catalin Anchidin, Bogdan Cotlet, Alexandru Bogdan, Damian Oancea, Dan Nicolaescu, Fernando Klabin