Fresh Still From Dagur Kari’s THE GOOD HEART

Posted by Todd Brown at 3:10pm.

Posted in Film News , Comedy, Drama, Continental Europe & Russia.

Anxious to see this one? Well, yes, more than a little bit. The Good Heart is the English language debut from Dagur Kari, who has previously shot much loved films in both Icelandic (Noi Albinoi) and Danish (Dark Horse). Here’s the skinny:

Lucas is a good-hearted young man who has come to an existential dead-end. He is homeless, living in a cardboard box under the Brooklyn Bridge. With a total lack of prospects for the future, Lucas tries to commit suicide, but the attempt is a failure like everything else in his life.

Recuperating in hospital, Lucas is forced to share a room with Jacques, a grouchy, cynical bar-owner whose choleric demeanour and less-than-healthy lifestyle have resulted in no fewer than five heart attacks. With no family or friends and a risk of passing away any day, Jacques takes Lucas under his battered wing with the intention of passing on his idiosyncratic legacy.

Lucas begins a hectic learning process: he has to learn to make the perfect espresso and to adopt Jacques’ many bizarre philosophies.

Paul Dano and Brian Cox star. We’ve run six photos from the film previously but we’ve just landed a seventh and you can check them all out at the link below.

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