Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

He must never touch the hands of the clock. He must master his anger. He must never, ever fall in love.

Rating

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Release Date

2/5/2014

Runtime

94 mins

Overview

In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the midwife's protective care. But he must not get angry or excited because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact he cannot fall in love because that too could stop his delicate heart.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$33,746,302

Revenue

$3,484,370

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A gorgeously animated fantasy that transforms a physical impossibility, a heart made of clockwork, into an elegant metaphor for emotional fragility. It's a tender, fairy-tale exploration of desire and self-denial wrapped in steampunk aesthetics and melancholy beauty.

Mood

MelancholicRomanticWhimsicalBittersweet

Themes

LoveIdentityComing of ageMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

3D animationPainterlyStylized genre

Structure

Linear

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