Heartbreaker (2010)
"L'arnacoeur" (original title)

Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.

Director:

Pascal Chaumeil

Writers:

Laurent Zeitoun (scenario), Jeremy Doner (scenario),

Stars:

Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Romain Duris	...	Alex
Vanessa Paradis	...	Juliette
Julie Ferrier	...	Mélanie
François Damiens	...	Marc
Héléna Noguerra	...	Sophie (as Helena Noguerra)
Andrew Lincoln	...	Jonathan
Jacques Frantz	...	Van der Beck
Amandine Dewasmes	...	Florence
Jean-Yves Lafesse	...	Dutour
Jean-Marie Paris	...	Goran
Elodie Frenck	...	Karine
Tarek Boudali	...	Le manager Montecarlo Bay
Philippe Lachaux	...	Le compagnon (as Philippe Lacheau dit « Fifi »)
Julien Arruti	...	Frère de Florence
Geoffrey Bateman	...	Le beau-père de Juliette

Storyline

You could say Alex Lippi is a ladies' man but it is not true. Of course he has already wooed and charmed armies of women, young and less young, French and foreign. But Alex does it only on active service. Indeed he is appointed to break up undesired couplings. This time he must prevent a rich young lady from marrying an English millionaire. The girl is beautiful and the future husband a perfect match. Will he manage to accomplish this difficult mission?

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Plot Keywords:

french | wedding | jeep | wedding engagement | video surveillance | 

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Taglines:

He's broken every heart except his own... until now.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Lucky Red [it] Official Facebook

Country:

France Monaco

Language:

French English Spanish Japanese Arabic Mandarin

Release Date:

17 March 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

Heartbreaker

Filming Locations:

Aéroport Nice-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Box Office

Budget:

€8,700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$52,628 (USA) (10 September 2010)

Gross:

$504,030 (USA) (10 December 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Quad Productions, Script Associés, Focus Features

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pascal Chaumeil's feature film directorial debut after a lot of TV work and over a hundred commercials on his belt.

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Quotes

Marc: [subtitled version] Mozart didn't do an opera on an accordion.

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Crazy Credits

A few seconds after the start of the end credits, there are three scenes that involve some of the characters: in the first one, the nymphomaniac friend of the female protagonist seduces the former fiancée of the latter; in the second scene, the father of the female protagonist chats with his friends; in the last scene, one of the characters tries to seduce a woman by imitating the main character's manners, but fails.

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

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Soundtracks

"All I Need is You"
Written by Leigh Gracie
(P) & © Chappell Recorded Music Ltd

User Reviews

Fine French Fluff

HEARTBREAKER ('L'ARNACOEUR') is a delightful bit of French fluff, created as only the French know how. There are 'quotes' from certain films and songs that mix the two main characters together and add to the meringue of the farce. Based on a light story by Laurent Zeitoun, Jeremy Doner, and Yhan Gromb and directed with a fine sense of comic timing by Pascal Chaumeil, this is one of those examples of the farces the French do so well.

Alex Lipp (Romain Duris), his sister Mélanie (Julie Ferrier) and her husband Marc (François Damiens) run a little business: they coordinate efforts to breakup undesired relationships for pay. After a few examples of how the trio works its magic, an assignment takes them to Monaco where they are hired to stop the marriage between Juliette Van Der Becq (Vanessa Paradis) and her wealthy humanitarian fiancé Jonathan Alcott (Andrew Lincoln) - in 10 days time! Alex is avoiding previous client debts represented by a bodyguard Goran (Jean-Marie Paris) but plunges into the formula courtship destruction mode with Juliette; the difference this time is that Juliette seems happily ensconced in the marriage plans and has little time for Alex's plans. But of course through the period of time allotted, Juliette finds qualities in Alex that are missing from her 'perfect' fiancé and Alex breaks his cardinal rule and falls in love with his marked client Juliette. The manner in which the story is resolved is clever and entertaining and heartwarming.

This may not be a great movie but it is a well-acted refreshing little romp to cleanse the palette! In French and English with subtitles. Grady Harp, November 10