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6.4Jacques 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.
Cast
- Brian Cox as Jacques
- Paul Dano as Lucas
- Stephanie Szostak as Sarah
- Isild Le Besco as April
- Bill Buell as Roger Verne
- Ed Wheeler as Jonathan
Themes
- friendship
- homeless person
- san francisco, california
- suicide attempt
- melancholy
- tavern
- heart transplant
- empathetic
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
5,323 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
Metacritic
40/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 wins & 11 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- organ donation
- Director
- Dagur Kári
- Screenwriter
- Dagur Kári
- Composer
- Slowblow
- Cinematographer
- Rasmus Videbæk
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 320488
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thegoodheartfilm.com
Show 4 more facts
- title
- The Good Heart
- publication date
- 2010-11-25
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 40/100
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