Movie
The Good Heart
Overview
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-09-11
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Nimbus Film, Forensic Films, ShortCut Copenhagen, Palomar Pictures, Wild Bunch, ZDF/Arte, Zik Zak Filmworks, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
- Country
- Denmark, France, Iceland, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brian Cox as Jacques
- Paul Dano as Lucas
- Stephanie Szostak as Sarah
- Isild Le Besco as April
- Bill Buell as Roger Verne
- Ed Wheeler as Jonathan
- Clark Middleton as Dimitri
- Edmund Lyndeck as Barber
- Daniel Raymont as Markus
- Damian Young as Roddie
- André De Shields as Sooty
- Stephen McKinley Henderson as Psychiatrist
Crew
- Dagur Kári - Director
- Dagur Kári - Screenplay
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