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The Good Heart (2009)

The Good Heart (2009)

Drama Comedy Romance

Everyone needs a refuge from the world.

Release Date: 2009, September 11
Directors: Dagur Kári
Countries: Denmark, France, Iceland, United States of America
Production: Nimbus Film, Forensic Films, ShortCut Copenhagen, Palomar Pictures, Wild Bunch, ZDF/Arte, Zik Zak Filmworks, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Cast: Stephanie Szostak, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Bill Buell, Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Larry Pine, Nicolas Bro, Clark Middleton, Damian Young, Daniel Raymont, Ed Wheeler, Edmund Lyndeck

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

friendship empathetic melancholy san francisco, california suicide attempt homeless person tavern heart transplant