Oliver Kolker’s Spanish-language movie, I Had The Heart, engages all the senses. A drama from Argentina with pronounced musical elements, it takes place in Buenos Aires as a handicapped mechanic rises to stardom as a tango singer.

It will be screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, which got underway on June 4 and runs until June 14.

The central character, Bartolo (Walter Laborde), is a car mechanic whose talents are spotted by Moti Cohen (Oliver Kolker), a Jewish music producer whose career is on the rocks.

Bartolo is an unusual individual. He stutters. Stuttering is an affliction that affects only one percent of a population, and such people are rarely seen in movies.

When Bartolo sings, his stammer magically disappears, a common enough phenomenon in this group.........

© The Times of Israel (Blogs)