The Good Heart

Sep 11, 2009

1h 35m

★ 6.2

Everyone needs a refuge from the world.

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Nimbus Film

Forensic Films

ShortCut Copenhagen

Palomar Pictures

Wild Bunch

ZDF/Arte

Zik Zak Filmworks

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

The Good Heart Trailers

Cast

Jacques

Brian Cox

Lucas

Paul Dano

Sarah

Stephanie Szostak

April

Isild Le Besco

Roger Verne

Bill Buell

Jonathan

Ed Wheeler

Dimitri

Clark Middleton

Barber

Edmund Lyndeck

Markus

Daniel Raymont

Roddie

Damian Young

Sooty

André De Shields

Psychiatrist

Stephen McKinley Henderson

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