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Sunday, September 17, 2017

The "Time of My Life" Dance in the Movie "L'arnacoeur"

The following video shows a scene in the 2010 French movie L'arnacoeur, which is titled Heartbreaker in the English-language release.


The male character is named Alex Lippi (played by the French actor Romain Duris.)

The female character is named Juliette Van Der Becq (played by the French actress Vanessa Paradis).

According to the Wikipedia article about the movie, Juliette is the daughter of a wealthy French gangster who objects to her intention to marry a wealthy Englishman named Jonathan Alcott. The father hires Alex ten days before the wedding to seduce his daughter so that she will cancel the wedding.

Wikipedia puts the dance scene into this context:
Alex becomes Juliette's 'bodyguard' in order to gain close and constant access to her. While on the job, Alex finds out things that Juliette likes and pretends to like these things as well to impress her; some of these things include the movie Dirty Dancing, Roquefort cheese and the music of George Michael.

Eventually the two develop feelings for each other but the early arrival of Jonathan disrupts Alex's access to Juliette.

The night before the wedding, Juliette is restless, and she and Alex sneak out and have a wonderful time, including recreating the 'climactic lift' scene from Dirty Dancing.
Here is the Heartbreaker trailer.


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