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The Good Heart (2009)

The Good Heart (2009)

R 95 minutes EN Drama , Comedy , Romance
Everyone needs a refuge from the world.
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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Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Jacques
Paul Dano
Paul Dano
Lucas
Stephanie Szostak
Stephanie Szostak
Sarah
Isild Le Besco
Isild Le Besco
April
Bill Buell
Bill Buell
Roger Verne
Ed Wheeler
Ed Wheeler
Jonathan
Clark Middleton
Clark Middleton
Dimitri
Edmund Lyndeck
Edmund Lyndeck
Barber
Daniel Raymont
Daniel Raymont
Markus
Damian Young
Damian Young
Roddie
André De Shields
André De Shields
Sooty
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Psychiatrist
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Production crew

Andri Steinn Guðjónsson
Editor
Leo Won
Key Makeup Artist
Ásta Hafthórsdóttir
Makeup Designer
Ana Katharina Dreschsler
Set Decoration
Drifa Freyju-Ármannsdottir
Set Decoration
Hálfdán Pedersen
Production Design
Rasmus Videbæk
Director of Photography
Helga Rós Hannam
Costume Design
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Official website: http://www.thegoodheartfilm.com/
Production companies: Nimbus Film, Forensic Films, ShortCut Copenhagen, Palomar Pictures, Wild Bunch, ZDF/Arte, Zik Zak Filmworks, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Production countries: Denmark, France, Iceland, United States of America
Budget: $3,800,000

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Certificate:

R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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