Feature film — 2009
The Good Heart (2009)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 99 votes.
Nimbus Film / Forensic Films / ShortCut Copenhagen / Palomar Pictures / Wild Bunch / ZDF/Arte / Zik Zak Filmworks / Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
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Director: Dagur Kári
On screen
Cast & crew
Brian Cox
Jacques
Paul Dano
Lucas
Stephanie Szostak
Sarah
Isild Le Besco
April
Bill Buell
Roger Verne
Ed Wheeler
Jonathan
Clark Middleton
Dimitri
Edmund Lyndeck
Barber
Daniel Raymont
Markus
Damian Young
Roddie
André De Shields
Sooty
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Psychiatrist
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