Tako Tsubo

Directors: Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo
Script: Fanny Sorgo
Composer: Mary Ocher
Producers: Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo, Maria Trigo Teixeira

Austria, Germany 2024
6′ 04”

Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed in order to be relieved of his complicated feelings. The doctor assures him that this is no longer a problem at all in this day and age. However, Ham keeps his heart for a while after the removal in order to perhaps understand it better after all. Tako Tsubo* is an animated, surrealistic reflection on dealing with feelings in a meritocracy.

Tako Tsubo, also known as stress cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome, is a rare, acute and often serious functional disorder of the heart muscle, similar to a heart attack, and…