The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011)

5.8/10 98 min Comedy Drama

Overview

Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail of boyfriends, Justine thinks she has found The One, a hunky shoe salesman, but her temporary happiness is thrown when her neurotic 60-year-old Jewish father (Michel Blanc) suffers a delayed midlife crisis and announces that his young second wife is expecting a baby. Justine and her half-sister Dom, who is trying to adopt, are rather annoyed at the news. Coupled with resentment about her father’s absence when she was growing up, causes her to spiral into self-doubt. Overflowing with French charm, Justine gets by with the help of her family, friends, and newly discovered muse.

Cast

Mélanie Laurent

Justine Dhrey

Michel Blanc

Eli Dhrey

Géraldine Nakache

Dom Dhrey

Claude Perron

Suzanne Dhrey

Camille Chamoux

Camille

Manu Payet

Atom

Guillaume Gouix

Sami

Sébastien Castro

Bertrand

Romain Lévy

Alex

Daniel Cohen

Le Rabbin

Karina Orr

Kirsten

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