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Heartbreaker ()

L'arnacoeur (original title)
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Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.

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Alex
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Juliette
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Mélanie
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Marc
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Sophie (as Helena Noguerra)
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Jonathan
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Van der Beck
Amandine Dewasmes ...
Florence
Jean-Yves Lafesse ...
Dutour
Jean-Marie Paris ...
Goran
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Karine
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Le manager Montecarlo Bay
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Le compagnon (as Philippe Lacheau dit « Fifi »)
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Frère de Florence
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Le beau-père de Juliette
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La belle-mère de Juliette
Patrick Massiah ...
Franck
Gianfranco Poddighe ...
Carlo
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La fille du cabriolet
Alexis Attia ...
L'homme du cabriolet
Didier Isnard ...
Le responsable magasin
Mustapha Adidou ...
Voiturier Marrakech
Hiromi Asai ...
La femme d'affaires
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La vendeuse (as Eve-Chems De Brouwer)
Dominique Giafferi ...
Le commissaire priseur
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Le grand chef
Camille Figuereo ...
La joueuse de curling (as Camille Figuereos)
Nina Melo ...
La jeune femme gospel
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La policière
Adina Cartianu ...
La bibliothécaire
Leticia Belliccini ...
La jeune fille piscine (as Léticia Belliccini)
Karima Gouit ...
La serveuse marocaine
Caroline Duris ...
La pianiste
Jessica Lavenir ...
La jeune fille bateau
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La réceptionniste (as Sophie Le Breton)
Hervé Algarra ...
Le portier
David Bancel ...
Le voiturier
Jean Vincentelli ...
Le chauffeur de taxi
Rose Lê ...
La vieille dame asiatique (as Rose Le)
Cathy Darietto ...
La wedding planner (as Cathy Darrieto)
Clémentine Niewdanski ...
La copine 1 (as Clémentine Niewdaviski)
Hélène Liber ...
La copine 2
Marie-Iris Cadier ...
La copine 3 (as Marie Iris Cadier)
David Vatinet ...
L'homme 'gardienne'
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Le serveur grand restaurant
Mohamed El Hana ...
Bashir
Yahia Jaafari ...
Moktar
Med Enachache ...
Ganoosh
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Marion (uncredited)
Caroline Derrien ...
Wedding Planner Assistant (uncredited)
Sophie Jézéquel ...
L'employée de bureau (uncredited)
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Le portier du Montecarlo Bay (uncredited)

Directed by

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Pascal Chaumeil

Written by

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Laurent Zeitoun ... (scenario) (dialogue) (adaptation) &
Jeremy Doner ... (scenario) (dialogue) (adaptation) &
Yoann Gromb ... (scenario) (dialogue) (adaptation)
 
Laurent Zeitoun ... (original idea)

Produced by

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Dominique Boutonnat ... co-producer
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky ... producer
Laurent Zeitoun ... producer
Yann Zenou ... producer

Music by

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Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by

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Thierry Arbogast

Editing by

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Dorian Rigal-Ansous

Editorial Department

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Antoine Battistelli ... assistant editor
Fabrice Blin ... colorist
Arnaud Caréo ... on-line editor
Anne-Sophie Dupuch ... post production
Brice Leclert ... post-production coordinator
Reginald Gallienne ... dailies color grader (uncredited)

Casting By

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Tatiana Vialle

Production Design by

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Hervé Gallet

Art Direction by

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Aziz Hamichi

Set Decoration by

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Bénédicte Charpiat ... (interior decoration)
Cécile Deleu

Costume Design by

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Charlotte Betaillole

Makeup Department

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Véronique Boitout ... key hair stylist
Céline Colinet ... makeup artist
Christine Giugno ... additional makeup
Suzel Jouguet ... makeup department head (as Suzel Bertrand)

Production Management

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Jerome Albertini ... unit manager
Penelope Bischoff ... production secretary
Florence Fischel ... assistant unit manager
Varujan Gumusel ... post-production manager
Camille Lipmann ... production manager
Sylvain Maignan ... assistant unit manager
Sephora Mayer ... assistant unit manager trainee
Charles Miambanzila ... assistant unit manager trainee
Grégoire Mouveau ... assistant unit manager: Morocco
Olivier Rohde ... production manager: Marocco
Alexandre Talmon ... assistant unit manager
Florence Thibaudat ... rushes runner

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hamid Ait Timaghrit ... second assistant director
Frédéric Drouilhat ... first assistant director (as Frédéric Drouillard)
Thomas Lipmann ... additional first assistant director / second unit director
Damien Noguer ... third assistant director
Antonia Olivares ... second assistant director
Matthieu Röhrer ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Hamichi Aziz ... set dresser
Jérôme Billa ... set decoration buyer
Mathieu Chatagnon ... ripper / swing gang
Pascal Chevé ... plasterer
Muriel Chinal ... set dresser
Fabien Corée ... property master
François Criqui ... property master
Anne-Sophie Delaunay ... assistant art director
Roberto DiCamillo ... carpenter
Baptiste Magis ... second assistant art director
Christophe Perruchi ... property master
Michel Rollant ... buyer
Virginie Tissot ... set decorator

Sound Department

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Pascal Armant ... sound recordist / sound
Stéphane Gessat ... second sound assistant
Fabrice Grizard ... boom operator
Fred Mays ... post-synchronisation
Marc Mnémosyne ... sound mix technician
Adrien Nouvel ... trainee sound assistant
Pierre Picq ... boom operator
Jean Pourchier ... sound mixer: second unit
Cyrille Richard ... dialogue editor
Williams Schmit ... re-recording mixer
Eric Tisserand ... sound mixer
Jean-Alexandre Villemer ... sound recordist

Special Effects by

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Matthieu Lauxerois ... special effects coordinator
Olivier Marais ... special effects
Julien Poncet de la Grave ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Nicolas Bossu ... digital compositor
Vautey Frédérique ... visual effects
Aurélien Grand ... retouch and restoration
Vincent Guttmann ... digital compositing supervisor
Bellarosa Johannes ... digital compositor
Dean Koonjul ... compositor: Wizz
Matthieu Lauxerois ... visual effects coordinator
Jeanne Loyer ... digital compositor
Bruno Maillard ... visual effects supervisor
Gaston Marcotti ... digital artist
Sandrine Moniez ... digital compositor
Alexis Peraste ... digital compositor
Thibaut Petillon ... digital compositor (as Thibault Petillon)
Benoit Revilliod ... cg supervisor
Pénélope Van de Cave ... digital compositor (as Pènèlope Vandecave)
Frédérique Vautey ... visual effects
François Vautier ... visual effects artist

Stunts

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Marc Bizet ... stunt rigger
Sybille Blouin ... stunts
Syja Deberdt ... stunts
Mohamed Elachi ... stunts
Philippe Guégan ... stunt coordinator
Olivier Schneider ... fight choreographer
Ludo Silemetzoglou ... stunts
Frédéric Vallet ... stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department

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Matthieu Agius ... additional second assistant camera
Jean-Paul Agostini ... camera operator
Franck-Norman Bihi ... electrician
Stéphane Birzin ... grip
Magali Bragard ... still photographer
Charles Carpentier ... electrician
Thibaud Charles ... electrician
Nicolas Dollander ... B Camera Operator/Steadicam Operator / b camera operator/steadicam operator / camera operator: "b" camera / camera operator: "b" camera, steadicam operator
Thomas Gally ... electrician
William Gally ... gaffer
Philippe Guermouh ... electrician: groupman
Johann Jolivet ... electrician
Sophie Lemaire ... first assistant camera: second unit
Maud Lemaistre ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Agnès Letessier ... additional first assistant camera (as Agnès Letessier-Selvon)
Willdric Lievin ... grip
Laurent Martin ... grip
Lorenzo Mele ... electrician
Rémi Mestre ... additional second assistant camera
Youssef Mohattane ... v.t.r.
Marion Poulain ... video assistant
Vincent Richard ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Thomas Rollant ... assistant camera
René-Pierre Rouaux ... second assistant camera
Roger Simonsz ... cinematographer: second unit
Christophe Trefigny ... electrician
Nicolas Turchet ... grip

Casting Department

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Soone Hoang ... casting assistant (as Lan Hoang Xuan dite « Soone »)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sophie Baudens ... wardrobe (as Sophie Bay-Baudens)
Laetitia Bouix ... costume supervisor
Louise Hamel ... wardrobe

Location Management

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Jerome Albertini ... location manager
Corinne Dacomo ... location manager: South of France (as Corinne Mournard Dacomo) / location scout
Vianney Etossé ... assistant location manager
Valérie Novel ... location manager: Paris
Christel Rasquin ... assistant location manager - Monaco

Music Department

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Jean-Pierre Arquié ... composer's agent (as Jean-Pierre Arquie)
Andy Brown ... contractor
Simone de Leuw ... score production manager
Mathieu Dugelay ... music clearance
Jake Jackson ... score engineer
Alexandre Jaffray ... music supervisor
Robyn Klein ... executive in charge of music
The London Metropolitan Orchestra ... music performed by / performer: London Metropolitan Orchestra
Vivien Mergot ... additional music editor
Chris Potter ... Songwriter: written by
Andrew Raiher ... composer: additional music / guitars
Daniel Rojas ... score production assistant
Marie Sabbah ... composer agent
Marie-Jeanne Serero ... credits orchestrator (as Marie-Jeanne Serrero)
Mark Yaeger ... score technical advisor (as Mark Anthony Yaeger)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sophie Le Breton ... script supervisor (as Sophie Le Breton)
Laurie Lopez ... trainee script supervisor (as Laurie Lopez-Villanueva)

Transportation Department

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Jalal Aqdim ... picture car assistant coordinator
Charles Heidet ... picture car coordinator

Additional Crew

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Virginie Berrachi ... production assistant
Christophe Danchaud ... choreographer
Hicham El Ghorfi ... first assistant director: Morocco
Sylvie Forester ... press attache: France (redux version) (as Sylvie Forestier)
Sophie Fortat ... production accountant
Serge Hayat ... equity provider
Solange Hunsinger ... unit production assistant
Helene Karson ... assistant to producers
Jérôme Lament ... digital marketing
Florian Lapôtre ... digital marketing
Celine Laumord ... legal affairs
Clémence Lhuilier ... production assistant
Loïc Saintilan ... travelling car
Florence Thibaudat ... runner: rushes
Carles Berot ... dubbing supervisor (uncredited)
Huma Khan ... legal post production (uncredited)

Thanks

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Christian Riffard ... thanks

Production Companies

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Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

You could say Alex Lippi is a ladies' man but it is not true. Of course he has already wooed and charmed armies of women, young and less young, French and foreign. But Alex does it only on active service. Indeed he is appointed to break up undesired couplings. This time he must prevent a rich young lady from marrying an English millionaire. The girl is beautiful and the future husband a perfect match. Will he manage to accomplish this difficult mission? Written by Guy Bellinger

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Taglines When it comes to break-ups... he's the business See more »
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Also Known As
  • Heartbreaker (United States)
  • Heartbreaker (Canada, English title)
  • Heartbreaker (World-wide, English title)
  • Heartbreaker (United Kingdom)
  • Der Auftragslover (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 105 min
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Box Office

Budget EUR8,700,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend France $5,608,428, 21 Mar 2010
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $44,438,829, 14 Nov 2010

Did You Know?

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Trivia Screenwriter Laurent Zeitoun got the idea of the film from something that happened in his family, when one of his cousins was in love with someone who didn't treat her well and he told his uncle that they should hire an actor skilled in improvisation to split up the couple. See more »
Goofs When Alex is pretending the fake car-jacking, the windows of the car is smashed, later on we can clearly see the left door with its pane. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). See more »
Soundtracks All The Right Reasons See more »
Crazy Credits A few seconds after the start of the end credits, there are three scenes that involve some of the characters: in the first one, the nymphomaniac friend of the female protagonist seduces the former fiancée of the latter; in the second scene, the father of the female protagonist chats with his friends; in the last scene, one of the characters tries to seduce a woman by imitating the main character's manners, but fails. See more »
Quotes Alex: Forgive you? For kissing me? You've awoken me. It's ages since I felt so alive.Thanks to you. But it's too late for me. I'm far away from here. I can't fall in love again. But you - you deserve the best.
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