Out of Competition

THREE OF HEARTS



Susan Kaplan

Country of production: USA
Year: 2004
Language: English
Mins: 95

Production company: Hibiscus Films Inc.
Producers: Susan Kaplan, Sarie Horowitz
Cinematography: Sarah Cawley, Samuel Henriques, Don Lenzer, Kramer Morgenthau
Editing: Toby Shimin
Sound: Judy Karp
Music: Ross Levinson, Catie Curtis

Source: Hibiscus Films Inc.
850 7th Avenue, Suite 1102,
New York, NY 10019 USA
Tel: 212-582-3033
Fax: 212-582-1688


Three of Hearts follows the lives of three people in an extraordinary intimate relationship over a period of 13 years. In his early twenties, Sam Cagnina, oldest son of a Mafia hit man, meets Steven, a handsome 19-year old college student and they fall in love. One day Sam offers Steven a "visionary" idea. What if they could find a woman who would fall in love with both of them and agree to live in a "trio" relationship? Finally after seven years, they meet such a woman: Samantha, an aspiring actress. Although it’s clear that the three truly love each other, people around them are never quite sure how the relationship works. Without making a big deal of it, director Susan Kaplan addresses the philosophical and mundane questions we may have about such an arrangement. Nine years into their threesome they decide to have a child together. Preparing for parenthood, they all start their own therapeutic journeys. And after 13 years, days away from the birth of their second child, all hell breaks loose. . .

Susan Kaplan was born in Miami Beach, Florida, began her film studies as a freshman at CU/Boulder, continued at New York University where she graduated with BFA in Acting. She is a founder and executive director of DocuClub, widely recognized as the pre-eminent workshop and membership organization for documentary filmmakers in New York City. She has made several award-winning documentary shorts. Her first feature documentary, Small Wonders, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996.
Susan formed her production company Hibiscus Films, with her husband David Friedson in 19989 with a mission to bring to screen compelling real life stories. Three of Hearts marks her directorial debut and is the culmination of eight years of work. She currently has two other films in production with Hibiscus.

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