Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) and François Civil (The Three Musketeers) devour the screen in Gilles Lellouche’s vibrant, genre-spanning romantic epic that follows a written-in-the-stars infatuation tested by social boundaries, betrayal and circumstances beyond all control.

Love makes one crazy. Just ask Clotaire and Jackie, who meet in their teens in their Northern France working-class neighbourhood in the 1980s. Despite their differences - she is a diligent student from the middle class, he a charming troublemaker with a complex family life - an intense and unmistakable connection is sparked. But tragedy soon pulls them apart. A decade later, Clotaire tries desperately to win back his lost love. But has his chance passed?

With a soundtrack by Jon Brion, BEATING HEARTS pays homage to the US independent film wave of the 80s and early 90s but creates an impact truly of its own.

“An epic tale of love, revenge, youth, rage, and class, Beating Hearts (original French title L’Amour Ouf) is an extraordinarily lively work of cinema.” ~Oris Aigbokhaevbolo, The Film Verdict

“The consistent, cartwheeling kineticism with which Lellouche and DP Laurent Tangy shoot the whole thing is an ongoing rush.” ~Guy Lodge, Variety