A Heavy Heart

A former boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.

"At some point, Herbert Stamm’s life went off the rails. For a long time now, this formerly a successful boxer known as “The Pride of Leipzig” has been earning his keep as a bouncer and an uncompromising debt collector. On the side, Herbert is preparing talented, up and coming boxer Eddy for his first title fight. Herbert’s daughter Sandra hasn’t seen him for years, and, like a cautious boxer, he keeps his girlfriend Marlene at arm’s length too. Together with his friend, tattoo artist “Specht”, he dreams of a big motorcycle trip along America’s legendary “Route 66”. But signs of a serious illness are becoming more severe, until Herbert can no longer ignore them. He receives a devastating diagnosis: he’s suffering from ALS, an incurable disorder of the motor nervous system that is advancing relentlessly. Herbert tries to put the ruins of his life in order." (Goethe-Institut)

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