The arrival of Beating Hearts, a graduate of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, at the Cinematheque offers a unique opportunity to explore the cinematic genre of wild love—love that erupts from a burning heart and gradually sets the world around it ablaze. This month’s modest program features several more cinematic gems that delve into the turbulent and destructive power of love.
Beating Hearts
In the 1980s, Clotaire, a high school dropout, falls for Jackie, a girl expelled from private school. Their passionate love is interrupted when Clotaire is imprisoned for 12 years. Upon release, his love for Jackie persists, despite her marriage, in a powerful exploration of first love.