Xavier Dolan (l.), Niels Schneider and Monia Chokri are young and in love in Heartbeats.
Entertainment One released the 2010 hipster romantic comedy Heartbeats on DVD
Written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan when he was just 20 years old (he also co-stars), the movie tells the tale of two best friends, Francis (Dolan) and Marie ((Monia Chokri, The Age of Ignorance) who both fall for the same guy, the aloof Nicolas (Niels Schneider, Everything Is Fine). The two friends vie for Nicolas’ attention, but the closer Francis and Marie get to their object of romantic desire, the more unobtainable he seems to appear — and the more frayed their own bonds become.
The young, Montreal-based Dolan has been compared to such world-class filmmakers as Francois Truffaut (Stolen Kisses), Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist) and Wong Kar-wai (Happy Together), while the film itself has drawn comparisons to works of the French New Wave, particularly Truffaut’s 1962 landmark movie Jules and Jim.
An official selection at practically every international film festival we’ve every heard of (including Cannes, Toronto, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Stockholm, São Paulo, London and Chicago), Heartbeats received a small, positively reviewed release in theaters in the U.S. in February.
No bonus features are on the Heartbeats DVD
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