Screenplay:
Mathias MalzieuComposer:
DionysosCast:
Mathias Malzieu, Jean Rochefort, Rossy de Palma, Bruno Caliciuri, Olivia Ruiz, Dani, Marie Vincent, Barbara Scaff, Arthur H., Grand Corps Malade (more)Plots(1)
Edinburgh, 1874. On the coldest day in the history of the world, little Jack is born with his heart frozen solid. Wasting no time, midwife Madeleine takes action and saves his life by inserting a cuckoo-clock in place of his icy heart. And now Jack will live...as long as he observes three golden rules:
1 - He must never touch the hands of the clock.
2 - He must master his anger.
3 - He must never, ever fall in love.
But fall in love he does, to a bespectacled young street performer, Miss Acacia, with a soul-stirring voice. Now begins a journey of escape and pursuit, from Edinburgh to Paris to Miss Acacia's home in Andalusia. Based on the novel by Mathias Malzieu, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a fantastical, wildly inventive tale of love and heartbreak — by turns poignant and funny — in which Jack finally learns the great joys, and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.
(Dada Films)
Cast
Mathias Malzieu
Best movies:
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Jean Rochefort
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Rossy de Palma
Spain
Best movies:
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
Toc Toc (2017)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
Bruno Caliciuri
France
Best movies:
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Magique (2008)
Olivia Ruiz
France
Best movies:
Under Pressure (2019) (TV movie)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Dani
France
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
Story of Women (1988)
Love on the Run (1979)
Marie Vincent
France
Best movies:
Becoming a Father (2020) (TV movie)
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
Tous à l'Ouest : Une aventure de Lucky Luke (2007)
Barbara Scaff
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)
Arthur H.
Best movies:
Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Grand Corps Malade
France
Best movies:
School Life (2019)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Sahara (2017)
Jessie Buckley
Ireland
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
War and Peace (2016) (series)