The Good Heart

The Good Heart

Everyone needs a refuge from the world.

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Release Date

9/11/2009

Runtime

95 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,800,000

Revenue

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A gruff dive-bar owner and a suicidal homeless man form an unlikely bond that softens both their hardened hearts. It's a quiet, unglamorous story about two broken people finding purpose in saving each other.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetHopeful

Themes

FriendshipRedemptionMortalityIsolation

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Suicide and self-harmAddiction

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