Beating Hearts

Play trailer

Beating Hearts

2024

2h 46m

Comedy

Romance

Musical

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

33%

Tomatometer

21 Reviews

Popcornmeter

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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.

Justin Chang

The New Yorker

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

May 30, 2024

Full Review

Ed Potton

Times (UK)

Here’s a French romance-cum-crime-flick that’s done with so much brio — and the odd flash of the unexpected — that you forgive its detours into cliché.

Rated: 4/5

May 24, 2024

Full Review

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Civil and Exarchopoulos (and Frikah and Wanecque) give it everything they’ve got and that is a great deal. But this can’t prevent Beating Hearts being an unsatisfying experience.

Rated: 2/5

May 24, 2024

Full Review

Pablo Vázquez

Fotogramas

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]

Rated: 4/5

Feb 3, 2025

Full Review

Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

The enthusiasm for making great cinema is evident, but it does not go beyond the screen. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 30, 2025

Full Review

Maxance Vincent

Loud and Clear Reviews

These final moments are thrillingly subversive and move away from the predictable conclusion that most saw coming [...]. But it isn’t enough to save Beating Hearts from being anything more than an admirable formal exercise.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 4, 2025

Full Review

Read all reviews

Alisa N

Loved it! If you're into 80s music, bad boys and love stories, lose yourself in this. Fuddy duddies stay away

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

Full Review

Jean-Francois A

L'amour ouf est un autre excellent film qui prouve a quel point les critique de film ne comprenne en rien la cinématographie . Le jeux des acteur est parfait l'histoire même longue est excellente. Moi qui analyse beaucoup les films et qui a écouté des milliers de film, je vous le dit vous ne serrez pas decu . Ce film est excellent .

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

Full Review

v j

amazing casting, story, amazing movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

Full Review

Maryam K

J’ai pleuré assez pour dire que j’ai adoré ce film

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

Full Review

Nicolas E

A must see ! Even if it is nearly there hours long, both Civil and Exarchopoulos make the movie a total success !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

Full Review

Milox B

“L’amour Ouf” est une réussite totale, portée par des acteurs tous phénoménaux, chacun rendant son personnage inoubliable. La musique est touchante et parfaitement en harmonie avec l’ambiance nostalgique des années 70, 80 et 90. La photographie est splendide, avec un cadrage, une lumière et des couleurs qui capturent à merveille cette époque rétro. Les dialogues sont bien écrits et, même si le scénario est simple, il est efficace, laissant toute la place aux émotions.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Gilles Lellouche

Director

François Civil

Clotaire

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Jackie

Malik Frikah

Clotaire (17 ans)

Mallory Wanecque

Jackie (15 ans)

Alain Chabat

Le père de Jackie

Das schönste Mädchen der Welt

%

%

Das schönste Mädchen der Welt

Watchlist

Will-o'-the-Wisp

97%

38%

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Watchlist

Zombies 2

100%

52%

Zombies 2

Watchlist

Status Update

0%

49%

Status Update

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Status Update

Basmati Blues

10%

48%

Basmati Blues

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Basmati Blues

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

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: Artémis Productions, Studio Canal, RTBF, BE TV, Trésor Films, Proximus, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Shelter prod, Cool Industrie
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Musical, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 2h 46m