"The Heart Is A Muscle", interview with the director Imran Hamdulay and the actor Keenan Arrison

"The Heart Is A Muscle" selected in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2025, is a South African film directed by Imran Hamdulay, that tells the story of man struggling to become the best version of himself. the film starts from a real fact happened to the director, almost completely reconstructed for the film, that serves as starting point in a reflection on adulthood and masculinity, trying to deconstruct it to understand it better. How can a man rebuilt himself from a difficult past? The question Imran Hamdulay asked himself while making "The Heart Is A Muscle" is that one: can we overcome our past and become better men? This is the will of the lead character of the film played by Keenan Arrison, whose past pf suffered abused and violence and guilt interfere with his new life of husband and father. With ferocious outcomes.