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Heartbeats

Original title: Les amours imaginaires
  • 20102010
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
29K
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Monia Chokri in Heartbeats (2010)
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  • Drama
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The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
29K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Xavier Dolan
  • Writer
    • Xavier Dolan(scenario & dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Xavier Dolan
    • Monia Chokri
    • Niels Schneider
Top credits
  • Director
    • Xavier Dolan
  • Writer
    • Xavier Dolan(scenario & dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Xavier Dolan
    • Monia Chokri
    • Niels Schneider
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 50User reviews
    • 143Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 15 nominations

    Videos2

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 1:00
    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Heartbeats
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    Heartbeats

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    Monia Chokri in Heartbeats (2010)
    Xavier Dolan in Heartbeats (2010)
    Niels Schneider in Heartbeats (2010)
    Niels Schneider in Heartbeats (2010)
    Niels Schneider in Heartbeats (2010)
    Xavier Dolan in Heartbeats (2010)
    Niels Schneider in Heartbeats (2010)
    Xavier Dolan in Heartbeats (2010)
    Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider, and Monia Chokri in Heartbeats (2010)
    Xavier Dolan in Heartbeats (2010)
    Monia Chokri in Heartbeats (2010)
    Monia Chokri in Heartbeats (2010)

    Top cast

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    Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan
    • Francisas Francis
    Monia Chokri
    Monia Chokri
    • Marieas Marie
    Niels Schneider
    Niels Schneider
    • Nicolasas Nicolas
    Anne Dorval
    Anne Dorval
    • Désiréeas Désirée
    Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
    Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
    • Jeune femme 1as Jeune femme 1
    Olivier Morin
    Olivier Morin
    • Jeune homme 1as Jeune homme 1
    Magalie Lépine Blondeau
    Magalie Lépine Blondeau
    • Jeune femme 2as Jeune femme 2
    • (as Magalie Lépine-Blondeau)
    Éric Bruneau
    Éric Bruneau
    • Jeune homme 2as Jeune homme 2
    Gabriel Lessard
    Gabriel Lessard
    • Jeune homme 3as Jeune homme 3
    Bénédicte Décary
    Bénédicte Décary
    • Jeune femme 3as Jeune femme 3
    François Bernier
    François Bernier
    • Baise 1as Baise 1
    Benoît McGinnis
    Benoît McGinnis
    • Baise 2as Baise 2
    • (as Benoit McGinnis)
    François-Xavier Dufour
    • Baise 3as Baise 3
    • (as François Xavier Dufour)
    Anthony Huneault
    Anthony Huneault
    • Antoninas Antonin
    Patricia Tulasne
    Patricia Tulasne
    • Coiffeuseas Coiffeuse
    Jody Hargreaves
    • Jodyas Jody
    Clara Palardy
    • Claraas Clara
    Minou Petrowski
    Minou Petrowski
    • Caissièreas Caissière
    • Director
      • Xavier Dolan
    • Writer
      • Xavier Dolan(scenario & dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The movie is inspired (to some extent) by Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992).
    • Goofs
      When Nicolas and Marie by accident run into Francis at the Vietnamese restaurant, Francis introduces Nicolas to his friend Antony. However, in the first scene of the movie you can see that Nicolas already has met Antony as they all sit at the same dinner table. There is nothing to say that either Francis didn't realize they knew each other, or that Nicolas and Antony were merely playing dumb and avoiding an awkward situation.
    • Quotes

      Marie: I love to smoke. Smoking a cigarette is like... forgetting. When I hit rock bottom, it's all I have. Light up, smoke up, shut the fuck up. It hides the shit. The smoke... hides... the shit. There's menthol and vanilla. Some people like 'em. Menthol cigarette. Vanilla cigarette. Chocolate cigarette. Cigarette cigarette. Cigarettes clearly keep me from going crazy. Keeps me alive. It keeps me alive until I die.

    • Connections
      Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.6 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Temps Est Bon
      ("The Time is Good")

      Written by Stéphane Venne

      Performed by Isabelle Pierre

      Courtesy of Disques Mérite

    User reviews50

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    It's not love, but that's the point
    I agree with another reviewer that love is not the real subject of the film. The characters think they're feeling love, and they're certainly looking for love, but in such a shallow and conniving way they're incapable of getting beyond mere sensuality at best. This is a film which starts out superficially, as superficial as its characters. Their lack of depth is underlined by the interviews of more interesting people that we would almost rather be following, but we're stuck with this trio of narcissists trying to impress each other through attitude, clothes, and money-- each locked within his competitive self and each masturbating in his or her own way. The director's own vanity fits in perfectly with his fetishist approach, the Wong Kar Wai-like sensual slow-motion to heighten gesture and make us take a long hard look at these high-strung game players.

    The viewer must be patient and wait for the second part when the film, in dealing with the repercussions from the narcissism of the first part, takes on depth. It is during the last twenty minutes that the actor/director succeeds in dealing with real emotions, not the imitation ones of the first half. Now a new tension sets in that builds to its vociferous climax where the actors are required to go beyond what they have demonstrated up to this point. Watching these neurotic Montréalians (when they finally grow up, they can be the manic-depressive characters in a Denys Arcand film), the viewer goes through the gamut of his or her own memories of attraction and rejection, bouncing around like the ping-pong balls that the expressive actors represent in their own attraction/flirtation/appeasement fluctuations. In fact, the more the film is watched with introspection, the more relevant it becomes.
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    • wickest
    • Sep 18, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 2010 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook (Canada)
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Love, Imagined
    • Filming locations
      • Mile End, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Mifilifilms
      • Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit
      • Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • CA$600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $68,723
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,197
      • Feb 27, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $843,423
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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