Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

(2014)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 772 votes

Genres: Animation, Romance, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Year: 2014

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: France, Belgium

Director: Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla

Cast: Mathias Malzieu, Olivia Ruiz, Grand Corps Malade, Жан Рошфор, Emily Loizeau, Росси де Пальма, Babet, Marie Vincent, Dani, Arthur H

Plot

Jack is born with his heart frozen solid on the coldest day in history. A wise midwife saves him by replacing it with a cuckoo clock. Now Jack must abide by three rules to keep his mechanical heart safe: never touch the clock's hands, master his anger, and never fall in love. He tries his best, but when he meets a girl named Acacia he falls in love, threatening the delicate balance of his artificial heart.

Edinburgh, late 19th century. Little Jack is born on a day so cold that his heart remains frozen. Madeleine the midwife replaces his heart with a cuckoo-clock. It will work, as long as Jack follows the rules, mainly not falling in love. But his encounter with a fiery-eyed girl singing on a street corner and his decision to chase after her will test the resistance of his makeshift heart to the breaking point - Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a magnificent love story set in an exciting period full of fabulous inventions, eccentric characters and fantastic adventures. Adapted by Mathias Malzieu from his best-selling novel and the gold-selling album by his band Dionysos, this superbly animated movie is about passion and acceptance of others.