Secrets of the Heart
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, SECRETS OF THE HEART (SECRETOS DEL CORAZON) is an elegant and poignant tale of the mysterious and magical adult world as seen through the eyes of Javi, a nine-year-old child, growing up in a small provincial town in the 1960s.Javi believes he can hear the voices of the dead and that they whisper to him their secrets, which were left unspoken in life.  At his mother's house in the mountains, he is fascinated by the room in which his father died and which his mother carefully keeps locked.  But, Javi also learns that the living have their secrets as well.As Javi begins to comprehend these secrets of the heart, he takes us on a journey where we are offered "The irresistible opportunity to see the world once again through the eyes of a child." (Seattle Film Festival)