Scarred Hearts

a free adaptation of the literary works of M. Blecher

A melancholic yet ultimately life-affirming portrait of a young man discovering meaning and connection within the confines of a sanatorium, set against the backdrop of 1937 and adapted from literary works.

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, 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 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.