“He must never touch the hands of the clock. He must master his anger. He must never, ever fall in love.”
Jack is born with his heart frozen solid on the coldest day in history. A wise midwife saves him by replacing it with a cuckoo clock. Now Jack must abide by three rules to keep his mechanical heart safe: never touch the clock's hands, master his anger, and never fall in love. He tries his best, but when he meets a girl named Acacia he falls in love, threatening the delicate balance of his artificial heart.
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Cast
15 people
Mathias Malzieu
Jack (voice)
Olivia Ruiz
Miss Acacia (voice)
Known for
The New Look
Grand Corps Malade
Joe (voice)
Known for
Sahara
Jean Rochefort
Méliès (voice)
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Count of Monte Cristo
Emily Loizeau
Madeleine #2 (voice)
Also in
Immortel Nougaro
Rossy de Palma
Luna (voice)
Known for
Toc Toc
Little Birds
Babet
Anna (voice)
Bruno Caliciuri
L'Homme qui pleure
Marie Vincent
Madeleine #1 (voice)
Known for
The Adventures of Tintin
Candice Renoir
Dani
Brigitte Helm (voice)
Known for
Day for Night
Carbone
Arthur H.
Arthur (voice)
Also in
Ange
Maman
Alain Bashung
Jack l'éventreur (voice)
Also in
Car Cemetery
Confusion of Genders
Stéphane Berla Director · Mathias Malzieu Director Soline Guyonneau Editor
Worldwide gross $3.5M · Budget $34M · United States release September 24, 2014
Box office
Budget
$33,746,302
Worldwide gross
$3,484,370
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
EuropaCorp
Production · Studio
Duran
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
uMedia
Production
Walking The Dog
Production
uFund
Production
France · Belgium
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Jack et la mécanique du cœur
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · November 17, 2013
Premiere · Arras Film Festival
France · January 29, 2014
Theatrical · Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival
United States · September 24, 2014
Limited theatrical
Belgium
February 5, 2014 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 25, 2015 · Physical · DVD/Bluray
Denmark
October 2, 2014 · Theatrical
Finland
February 5, 2014 · Limited theatrical
France
February 5, 2014 · Theatrical
July 2, 2014 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
February 14, 2015 · Theatrical · Saint-Amour Love Film Festival
November 24, 2019 · Digital · VOD
March 11, 2022 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
February 8, 2014 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
July 3, 2014 · Theatrical
Greece
September 25, 2014 · Theatrical
December 11, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
February 5, 2014 · Premiere
Portugal
October 7, 2014 · Theatrical
Russia
February 11, 2021 · Theatrical · «Capella Film»
March 4, 2021 · Digital · «Capella Film»
Spain
April 17, 2015 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 5, 2014 · Limited theatrical
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