Jack and the Mechanics of the Heart

Edinburgh 1874. Jack is born on the coldest day in the world and his heart is frozen. Doctor Madeleine saves him by replacing his defective heart with a mechanical clock. He will survive with this magical device on the condition that he respects three laws: first, don’t touch his hands, second, control his anger and, above all, never, ever, fall in love. His meeting with Miss Acacia, a little street singer, will accelerate the pace of his needles. Ready to do anything to find her, Jack embarks like Don Quixote on a quest for love that will take him from the Scottish lochs to Paris to the gates of Andalusia.