Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)

Original title

Jack et la mécanique du cœur

Directed by

Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu

Genre

adventure film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 765 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy born with a frozen heart is given a cuckoo clock in its place. He must follow three rules to keep it working as he grows up and falls in love.

whimsicalmelancholicdreamlikeromanticbittersweetanimatedmusicalfairytale-likeoffbeat

What happens

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a 2013 French animated musical romantic fantasy film based on the novel La Mécanique du cœur written by musician Mathias Malzieu and the concept album by French rock band Dionysos, which he is the frontman for and who also composed the film's music. The original French version, Jack et la mécanique du cœur, which literally translates as Jack and the Mechanic of the Heart, was released in October 2013, with English, German, Finnish, and Spanish versions being released in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Magic Snowflake (2013)
• Les Âmes de papier (2013)
• 850 meters (2013)
• BoOzy’ OS and the Cristal Gem (2013)
• Des gens qui s'embrassent (2013)
• Belle and Sebastian (2013)
• Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)
• A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic! (2013)