The Good Heart

Everyone needs a refuge from the world.

The Good Heart — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 11, 2009
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Director
• Dagur Kári

The Good Heart — 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