Beating Hearts

Comedy Drama Musical Romance

Belgium, France

French

October 16, 2024

2hr 46min

Status: upcoming

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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.