The Good Heart (2009)
Directed by Dagur Kári

Drama

Film Synopsis

After a failed suicide attempt, Lucas, a homeless young man, meets Jacques, the grumpy owner of down-at-heel bar.  Having already survived five heart attacks, Jacques knows that his days are numbered and he is therefore glad to take Lucas under his wing.  At first, the arrangement works out well for both men, but things go badly wrong when Lucas falls in love with one of his customers, a ditzy airhostess named April...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Dagur Kári
  • Script: Dagur Kári
  • Cinematographer: Rasmus Videbæk
  • Music: Orri Jonsson, Dagur Kári
  • Cast: Paul Dano (Lucas), Brian Cox (Jacques), Bill Buell (Roger Verne), Boði (Rococo), Susan Blommaert (Nurse Nora), Alice Olivia Clarke (Nurse Mona), Sonnie Brown (Nurse Woo), Stephen Henderson (Psychiatrist), Seth Sharp (Nurse Billy), David Moss (Homeless #1), Dale A. Smith (Homeless #2), Michelle J. Nelson (Nurse Sheila), Henry Yuk (Chin Lee), Ed Wheeler (Jonathan), Clark Middleton (Dimitri), Stephanie Szostak (Sarah), Edmund Lyndeck (Barber), Nicolas Bro (Ib Dolby), Daniel Raymont (Markus), Damian Young (Roddie)
  • Country: Denmark / Iceland / USA / France / Germany
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 99 min

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