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Scarred Hearts

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During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a body cast on a stretcher-bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived, and he must live it to the fullest.
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Ben Kenigsberg New York Times It's the rare page-to-screen adaptation in which the camera becomes an essential character. Jul 26, 2018 Full Review Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine Despite the film's bleak premise, writer-director Radu Jude finds dark humor within the certainty of death. Rated: 3.5/4 Jul 18, 2018 Full Review Boyd van Hoeij Hollywood Reporter Hearts hardly develops a pulse, hiding the faces of the protagonists in immobile medium and wide shots while any possible emotions get snowed under by non-contextualized intellectual musings and socio-politico-historical details. Nov 21, 2017 Full Review Armond White National Review At two and a quarter hours, Scarred Hearts recalls the miserable overlong 2005 Romanian film The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Nov 6, 2018 Full Review Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews a funky, funny, quasi-serious story rampant with quirky characters, amusing situation, near-barbaric medical practices and a fatalist, comedic look at life. Rated: B Aug 22, 2018 Full Review Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Jude has taken a singular experience during disturbing times and turned it into an equally singular film, one which begins advising that humans are meaningless then demonstrates just what elevates them - love and art. Rated: B+ Aug 21, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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nefasto r After the shaky camerawork of "Everybody in our family", Radu Jude chooses fixed shots to tell this bleak story. I saw that some people found this film funny, and I myself love dark humor, but knowing from the start that the story is taken from an autobiographical book, I did not find all this happiness in the lives of the characters. They tried though, so maybe it was more of a missed attempted than actual will to be bleak. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Not bad movie for this director. I will enjoy it on my mob phone using boxxy software. Recommend. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the most powerful films I ever saw, about life in a place of death. It's a very lively and joyful film, which is gruesome at the same time. A true parabole of the human condition. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a body cast on a stretcher-bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived, and he must live it to the fullest.
Director
Radu Jude
Producer
Ada Solomon
Screenwriter
Radu Jude
Distributor
Big World Pictures
Production Co
Komplizen Film
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Romanian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 27, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 27, 2019
Runtime
2h 21m
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