Anxiety of the Heart

Tymek, a wild-at-heart 17-year-old, suffers from an episode of self-harm, but pretends it was a funny accident. He doesn’t confess the truth neither to his loveless parents nor to the posh schoolmates he secretly hates. Instead of studying for finals, he runs away from home. He jumps off the train at the last moment, and decides to stay in town to pursue the love of Zooey (19), a darkly witted expat. Initially cautious, Zooey embraces his impulsive yet loving nature. They kiss in the rain, crash a party, and plan to leave the country together. But when Tymek accidentally bumps into his mother, his self-harming past strikes back. After publicly demolishing a restaurant and his own face, he is confined to a psychiatric ward. There he stands in truth with his suffering, which allows his love with Zooey to turn into a lasting friendship.