Heartquake

  • Director: Mark Olexa
    Cinematography: Fabio De Felice
    Editing: Francesca Scalisi
    Soundrecordist: Francesca Scalisi

  • duration: 52
  • production year: 2010
  • original title: Heartquake
  • genre: Ethnography, Female, Human Interest

Shpresa is a native of Kosovo. She’s 26 years old and has 5 children. This is the first time she’s ever been outside her country. Shpetim, her youngest son, has a serious heart problem. His only hope lies in a hospital in Milano, Italy. While his mother awaits his release from the hospital by herself, her husband from Kosovo demands she return home.

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