JESUS' HEART
EL CORAZON DE JESUS

Official Selection
Biarritz, Huelva, Havana

Best International Film / Best Director
Icaro Film Festival, Guatemala

Jesus is an old civil servant working at the Ministry of Finances in La Paz, Bolivia. One day at work, he suffers a sudden heart attack and is hospitalized.

In hospital a bureaucratic misunderstanding leads to the exchange of Jesus' identity papers being mixed up with a terminally ill cancer patient. Jesus' wife and employers are informed of Jesus' death.

When he returns home weeks later, to his wife's surprise, she tells him time apart lead her to realize that she would be happier on her own and leaves, taking with her most of their savings. Jesus sees no option but to try to make the most of his "new" identity and the opportunities it brings.

An amusing and ingenious black comedy for the discerning…

Director Marcos Loayza
Bolivia
2004
90'