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The Heart at Work

2000 · 97 min

A wry, talky backstage comedy that drifts into tender, messy human drama as filmmaking collides with private lives.

Directed by
Laurent Dussaux
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
A porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling with tensions in their private lives.

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Directed by
Laurent Dussaux
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • work
  • art
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Laurent Dussaux
Written by
Tonino Benacquista
Starring
Mathilde Seigner, Amira Casar, Marc Citti, Bruno Slagmulder, Catherine Jacob, Micheline Presle, Patrick Catalifo, Antoine Duléry
Music
François Staal
Cinematography
Paco Wiser
Runtime
97 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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