Beating Hearts

The 1980s. Clotaire is a high school dropout who rides a motorcycle and has a shaved head. When he sets his sights on Jackie, a girl expelled from a private school and now navigating a public high school, something stirs in his heart. Their stormy love, filled with emotions and passion, is interrupted only when Clotaire is sentenced to 12 years in prison. Upon his release, he returns with many unresolved issues and a burning love for Jackie. Though she is married, the story remains open for her as well. Beyond the plot twists, Gilles Lellouche captures the relentless power of first love. To achieve this, he utilizes the full force of cinema—dynamic camerawork, intricate montage, expressive actors, and a soundtrack brimming with the greatest hits of the relevant decades.