Beating Hearts

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Beating Hearts

2024,

2h 46m,

Comedy/

Romance/

Musical/

Drama

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Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, charmed by her fearless spirit and sharp wit. As first love blossoms between the two, gang violence entices him into a darker path and destroys everything when he is charged with a crime he didn't commit.

Stephen Romei

The Australian

May 30, 2025

3/5

If you go to this film be prepared for it to be a bit melodramatic, a bit over the top, a bit showy, a bit purple in its prose, a bit like a Billy Idol song. Once I realised that and got into its over-self conscious groove I quite enjoyed it.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

May 29, 2025

3/5

Even after more than 2½ hours, the story of this couple feels less than fully resolved - but where [Gilles Lellouche is] concerned, the prospect of following them further into adulthood may not hold much interest.

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Justin Chang

The New Yorker

May 30, 2024

The result is much too long at nearly three hours, but I can’t say I didn’t warm to its rambunctious cornball charm.

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James Saynor

The Arts Desk

Aug 14, 2025

3/5

The movie, taken from a novel by Neville Thompson, might have been trying for the kind of heightened realism and poetry in Jacques Audiard’s shaggy and highly cinematic sagas, but Beating Hearts has more of the blood sugar levels of TV drama.

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Nadine Whitney

AWFJ.org

May 13, 2025

3/5

A sturdy and at times bruising view of an all-encompassing teen romance, even if the final third doesn’t quite live up to what came before.

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Pablo Vázquez

Fotogramas

Feb 3, 2025

4/5

An adrenaline-filled tragedy in two acts, shot with the brilliance of the masters, the raw brazenness of its protagonists stands out...[Full review in Spanish]

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Jackie (15 ans)

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Synopsis

Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, charmed by her fearless spirit and sharp wit. As first love blossoms between the two, gang violence entices him into a darker path and destroys everything when he is charged with a crime he didn't commit.

Director: Gilles Lellouche
Producer: Hugo Sélignac, Alain Attal
Screenwriter: Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Diwan, Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini, Neville C. Thompson
Production Co: Cool Industrie, France 2 Cinéma, Proximus, Shelter prod, RTBF, BE TV, Studio Canal, Artémis Productions, Trésor Films, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Musical, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 2h 46m

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