Beating Hearts Movie Details:
French title | L’Amour ouf |
Based on | Jackie Loves Johnser OK? by Neville Thompson |
Country | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romantic, Musical |
Release date | 23 May 2024 (Cannes Film Festival) 16 October 2024 |
Running time | 2hr 46min |
Starring | François Civil Adèle Exarchopoulos Malik Frikah Mallory Wanecque Alain Chabat Anthony Bajon Jean-Pascal Zadi Benoît Poelvoorde Vincent Lacoste Élodie Bouchez Karim Leklou Raphaël Quenard |
Directed by | Gilles Lellouche |
Screenplay by | Gilles Lellouche Audrey Diwan Ahmed Hamidi Julien Lambroschini |
Produced by | Alain Attal Hugo Sélignac |
Cinematography by | Laurent Tangy |
Edited by | Simon Jacquet |
Music by | Jon Brion |
Production Company | Chi-Fou-Mi Productions Trésor Films StudioCanal |
Distributor | StudioCanal (France) Cinéart (Belgium) |
Beating Hearts Movie Cast & Characters:
- François Civil as Clotaire
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Jackie
- Malik Frikah as Clotaire (17 years old)
- Mallory Wanecque as Jackie (15 years old)
- Alain Chabat as Jackie’s father
- Anthony Bajon as Tony
- Jean-Pascal Zadi as Lionel
- Benoît Poelvoorde as La Brosse
- Vincent Lacoste as Jeffrey
- Élodie Bouchez as Clotaire’s mother
- Karim Leklou as Clotaire’s father
- Raphaël Quenard as Kiki
- Louis Raison as Clotaire (12 years old)
Storyline:
The story spans 20 years and begins in the North East of France with two teenagers who fall madly in love, a girl from an upper-middle-class family and a boy from a working-class family. Their love story is quickly doomed to failure when he ends up becoming a criminal and spends 12 years in prison.
About Beating Hearts Movie:
Beating Hearts (French: L’Amour ouf) is a romantic comedy musical film directed by Gilles Lellouche from a screenplay he co-wrote with Audrey Diwan, Ahmed Hamidi, and Julien Lambroschini, based on the 1997 Irish novel Jackie Loves Johnser OK? by Neville Thompson. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium. It stars François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The ensemble cast includes Malik Frikah, Mallory Wanecque, Alain Chabat, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Élodie Bouchez, Karim Leklou, Raphaël Quenard and Anthony Bajon.
The film had its world premiere at the Main Competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2024, and will be released theatrically in France by StudioCanal on 16 October 2024.
Beating HeartsMovie Budget & Box Office Collection:
Budget | €35.7 million |