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A Heavy Heart

A Heavy Heart

Alternate Titles: Herbert

Drama | German | 109 minutes

Company

Picture Tree International


Cast & Crew

Director

Thomas Stuber

Producers

Undine Filter, Thomas, Anatol Nitschke

Writers

Thomas Stuber, Clemens Meyer

Cast

Peter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Edin Hasanovic, Lena Lauzemis


Trailer

youtube.com/watch?v=i9EWvO6usQo


Synopsis

Former Eastern German boxing champ Herbert has not been a winner in life since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now a hard-up bouncer and debt collector, he tries to revive the past by coaching his young boxing protégé, Eddy. After a training session, Herbert suddenly collapses with spasms of pain however, he initially chooses to ignore the signs. When his physical deficiencies become more and more apparent, Herbert finally sees a specialist who ultimately diagnoses him with a fatal neural disease. With not much time left, Herbert struggles with himself and the hard outer shell he‘s cultivated over time. Not many things really matter to him apart from his ‘lost’ daughter Sandra, whom he abandoned when the family fell apart. Now a mother herself, Sandra is still deeply hurt and afraid of allowing her dying father to be a part of her life again. Student Academy Award winner Thomas Stuber tells the touching story of a lone wolf who takes a long time to find the meaning of his life.

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Completion Year

2015


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