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The Good Heart(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-09-11
64%
93 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Everyone needs a refuge from the world.
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.
Languages: Italian, English.
Countries:
Denmark,
France,
Iceland,
United States of America
Budget: $3,800,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Forensic Films
ShortCut Copenhagen
Palomar Pictures
Movie: The Good Heart
Top 10 Billed Cast
Brian Cox
Jacques
Paul Dano
Lucas
Stephanie Szostak
Sarah
Isild Le Besco
April
Bill Buell
Roger Verne
Ed Wheeler
Jonathan
Clark Middleton
Dimitri
Edmund Lyndeck
Barber
Daniel Raymont
Markus
Damian Young
Roddie
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