About the Event
Be the first to get a taste of the 2025 Alliance Française French Film Festival with an exclusive Valentine’s Day Preview of the incredible, thrillingly romantic box office sensation Beating Hearts (L'Amour ouf), screening ahead of the Festival's official opening this March!
Join us on Friday, February 14 for a drink on arrival, receive an express copy of the official Festival programme booklet and see previews of major Festival highlights before the feature.
Starring the phenomenal Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) and François Civil (The Three Musketeers) – arguably French cinema’s brightest young talents –Gilles Lellouche’s vibrant, genre-spanning romantic epic Beating Hearts follows a written-in-the-stars infatuation tested by social boundaries, betrayal and circumstances beyond all control.
Driven by a kinetic soundtrack by Jon Brion, indelible production design and all-star supporting cast, the film pays homage to the US independent film wave of the 80s and early 90s but creates an impact truly of its own. Delivering another massive, crowd-pleasing blockbuster result at the French box office (after Sink Or Swim) with an extraordinary 5 million admissions, Lellouche reaches for the stars and rewards all who strap in for the ride. Don’t miss it!
The phenomenal Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) and François Civil (The Three Musketeers) – arguably French cinema’s brightest young talents – 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 (Civil) and Jackie (Exarchopoulos), 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?
Driven by a kinetic soundtrack by Jon Brion, indelible production design and all-star supporting cast, BEATING HEARTS pays homage to the US independent film wave of the 80s and early 90s but creates an impact truly of its own.
Delivering another massive, crowd-pleasing blockbuster result at the French box office (after Sink Or Swim) with an extraordinary 5 million admissions, Lellouche reaches for the stars and rewards all who strap in for the ride.
"Terrific and unexpectedly potent. A romantic banlieue opera that delivers in refreshingly unpredictable ways. Lellouche has created something special here that fully deserves every ounce of the goodwill that will surely come to it." - Damon Wise DEADLINE
"Unmissable. An epic romance of incredible generosity, combining social drama, heist film, melodrama, romantic and musical comedy at the same time." - Olivier Delcroix LE FIGARO
"A real cinematic pleasure. Ultra-ambitious, thrilling and full of enthusiasm." - Catherine Balle LE PARISIEN
Terms and Conditions
All ticketholders will receive a glass of alcohol with their ticket, upon arrival. Non-alcoholic option available for ticketholders under 18 or upon request.