The Good Heart
Everyone needs a refuge from the world.
6.4(96) 2009-09-11 95 minDramaComedyRomance
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.
ProducerThor Sigurjonsson
DirectorDagur Kári
ProducerSkuli Fr. Malmquist
ScreenplayDagur Kári
Original Music ComposerSlowblow
Cast & characters
Brian Cox
as Jacques
Paul Dano
as Lucas
Stephanie Szostak
as Sarah
Isild Le Besco
as April
Bill Buell
as Roger Verne
Ed Wheeler
as Jonathan
Clark Middleton
as Dimitri
Edmund Lyndeck
as Barber
Daniel Raymont
as Markus
Damian Young
as Roddie
André De Shields
as Sooty
Stephen McKinley Henderson
as Psychiatrist
Larry Pine
as Laugh Therapist
Nicolas Bro
as Ib Dolby
