Press Release | 7 Apr 2025

Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf) by Gilles Lellouche

Exclusive release | from 23 April 2025 at Ciné Lumière

 

A huge box office hit in France with almost 5 million viewers, Gilles Lellouche’s highly anticipated romantic drama is released exclusively at Ciné Lumière from 23 April.
Part of the 2024 Cannes official selection competition, Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf), is based on the 1997 novel Jackie Loves Johnser OK? by Irish author Neville Thompson.

Synopsis

Raised in a troublesome neighbourhood, local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, charmed by her fearless spirit and sharp wit. As powerful first love blossoms between the two, rampant gang violence entices him into a much darker path and ultimately destroys all they have built when he is charged with a crime he didn’t commit. After many years apart, now leading profoundly different lives, the star-crossed lovers discover that every path they’ve taken leads them back together, but will love triumph over Clotaire’s quest for revenge?

 

Cast

Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Mallory Wanecque, Malik Frikah, Alain Chabat, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Elodie Bouchez, Karim Leklou, Raphaël Quenard, Anthony Bajon

 

Script/adaption

Gilles Lellouche, Ahmed Hamidi, Audrey Diwan

 

Trailer

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Edinburgh