A HEAVY HEART by Thomas Stuber – TIFF Contemporary World Cinema
(2015, Germany, 109 min, world premiere)
A moving fictional portrait of fizzled-out Eastern German boxing champion, Herbert, who hasn’t won a match both in the ring or 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. As more and more physical deficiencies become apparent and a final fatal diagnosis, Herbert has little time left to come to terms with who he’s become and to rekindle his relationship with the daughter whom he abandoned.
World sales: Picture Tree International
Press Screenings:
Fri Sept 11, 1:45pm, Scotiabank 14
Thurs Sept 17, 4:45pm, Scotiabank 2
Public Screenings:
Sat Sept 12, 10:00pm, Scotiabank 10
Mon Sept 14, 3:30pm, Scotiabank 7
Fri Sept 18, 3:00pm, Scotiabank 2
Press day: Saturday, September 12 with director Thomas Stuber and lead actor Peter Kurth