The Day I Saw Your Heart

Apr 20, 2011

1h 38m

★ 5.8

Overview

Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail of boyfriends, Justine thinks she has found The One, a hunky shoe salesman, but her temporary happiness is thrown when her neurotic 60-year-old Jewish father (Michel Blanc) suffers a delayed midlife crisis and announces that his young second wife is expecting a baby. Justine and her half-sister Dom, who is trying to adopt, are rather annoyed at the news. Coupled with resentment about her father’s absence when she was growing up, causes her to spiral into self-doubt. Overflowing with French charm, Justine gets by with the help of her family, friends, and newly discovered muse.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Sofimage

CinéCinéma

TPS Star

UGC Films

TF1 Films Production

The Day I Saw Your Heart Trailers

Cast

Justine Dhrey

Mélanie Laurent

Eli Dhrey

Michel Blanc

Dom Dhrey

Géraldine Nakache

Suzanne Dhrey

Claude Perron

Camille

Camille Chamoux

Atom

Manu Payet

Sami

Guillaume Gouix

Bertrand

Sébastien Castro

Alex

Romain Lévy

Le Rabbin

Daniel Cohen

Kirsten

Karina Orr

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