I met dignified men, women and children. I discovered a world we don't

really speak about. A cold, smooth world of muffled, metallic sounds. Why

me? Why them? How can we make sense of this irrational thing, this disease

eating away at us from inside? Where can we find the strength necessary to

face each day and continue down the path of debiltating treatments which

seems like it will never end? The film's objective was to get to the heart

of this battle in a purely clinical way. All the details, nothing

elliptical, close in on the faces. I don't look at the couple in a

passionate way; distance and humor keep me from sinking. "Haut les coeurs

!" isn't a film about courage. My characters aren't heroes, they have no

choice. They're obliged to fight.

Solveig Anspach - Director, excerpt from the press folder