Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (2012)

Directed by

Khavn De La Cruz

Genre

drama film, crime film, romance film

Country

Philippines

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gangster and a prostitute try to find love in a violent city. Their story is told in quick, broken images that show how violence can cut a life short.

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What happens

Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore is a 2012 Filipino short film written and directed by independent filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz. It is the first Philippine entry to be officially selected in the International Competition of the short film section of the Berlin International Film Festival. It competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film's original title is in Tagalog: Pusong Wazak! Isa Na Namang Kwento Ng Pag-ibig Sa Pagitan Ng Isang Kriminal At Isang Puta. At the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, however, it was given the German title Zerstörtes Herz!. Ruined Heart! is the classic love story between a gangster and a prostitute, but Khavn "deconstructs this often recounted tale to explore in fleeting images the likelihood of dying too early from the violence so omnipresent in the Philippines today". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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