The enchanting film Heartbeats was one of this year’s audience hits at Cannes in the section Un certain regard. A study of the paradoxes of love and human loneliness, the film tells the story of an unusual love triangle between three friends, Francis (played by the director himself), Marie, and their new acquaintance, a classical Greek beauty called Nicolas.
The enchanting film Heartbeats was one of this year’s audience hits at Cannes in the section Un certain regard. A study of the paradoxes of love and human loneliness, the film earned its appeal particularly for the light, comic tone woven into the story of an unusual love triangle between three friends, Francis (played by the director himself), Marie, and their young new acquaintance, the classically beautiful Nicolas. Their love for the newcomer breaks the bond Marie and Francis have cultivated over many years and forces them to choose between love and friendship, between a tranquil life and edgy desire. The film is framed by authentic testimonies from young people who comment on their own romantic misadventures which, together with the movie’s imaginative structure, make for a truly delightful crowd-pleaser. Dolan’s style is moreover easily identifiable and at the same time highly poetic and ironic. It comes close to the films of Wong Kar-wai, for instance, in the way he uses music and slow-motion passages.
97 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Xavier Dolan
/ Screenplay Xavier Dolan
/ Dir. of Photography Stéphanie Weber Biron
/ Editor Xavier Dolan
/ Producer Xavier Dolan, Daniel Morin, Carole Mondello
/ Production Mifilifilms
/ Cast Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan
/ Contact Rezo, Aerofilms
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Xavier Dolan (b. 1989, Québec, Canada) is the son of Quebecois actor Manuel Tadros. Dolan is himself an actor and also a film director. He first appeared on screen at the age of four in a series of TV adverts and he has also featured in several films and TV series. He impressed festival audiences with his debut film I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère, 2009), which was screened last year at Cannes in the parallel section Quinzaine des réalisateurs, where it won three awards. Since then it has accrued more than thirty other awards from various festivals, as well as being Canada’s official entry for the Oscar and César nominations. Heartbeats is the second feature film by this young director who, among others, also played the main role in both his films to date. He is currently working on his third feature, Laurence Anyways.
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