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Fiction & Documentary, 90 min, 2025 – Vito Films & HIBoo Productions – Costanza Film Distribution
Synopsis
Heartbreak is the name of a character of silence – mischievous and poetic – facing extreme violence.
Survivor of a terror attack that turned into a war, Heartbreak, a mime and dancer, travels from place to place, listening to those he encounters.
Inspired by Buster Keaton and Marcel Marceau, this hybrid film is a mute black-and-white fiction struck by reality. An emotional journey to the heart of Israel in the first year of the war that began on October 7.
Note of intent
Tragedies, in war, exist on all sides.
To deny the suffering of some because of the suffering of others would be unjust.
Journalists present opposing points of views, artists shape the truth of their own perception.
From October 2023 to October 2024, I lived in Israel, where my son had emigrated.
So I was there on October 7.
The film was born of a heartbreaking scream one night of December 2023.
I ran out to the street, thinking someone's throat was being slit again.
A teenager in tears rushed into my arms. It was Sharon, my neighbor's daughter.
Her mother had uttered that terrible scream. The scream of a woman who has been announced her son’s death, killed in a bomb explosion. The film is dedicated to him.
Heartbreak is the name of a man of silence, mischievous and poetic, confronted with evil and extreme violence. Played by a mime and a dancer, Heartbreak's mute posture is apolitical and the narrative purely emotional.
All the actors wear masks… for their cathartic functions, in reference to the masked actors of ancient Greek tragedies. These protagonists do not embody anyone in particular. Or they embody everyone. Each viewer can project their own feelings onto the smooth mask.
Through body language and despite the absence of face and words, Heartbreak is fundamentally human. Deeply moved and moving, he welcomes the words of the “real people” he encounters during his travels. People wounded in flesh and spirit who strive to resist with dignity. And who confides in Heartbreak without embarrassment.
Inspired by Buster Keaton and Marcel Marceau, this hybrid film is a silent, black-and-white fiction, struck by reality. No images of violence, it’s an emotional journey to the heart of Israel in the first year of the war that began on October 7.