Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Born in Edinburgh in 1874 on the coldest day on record, Jack arrives with a heart frozen solid. A midwife named Madeleine saves him by fitting a cuckoo clock in place of his heart, and it keeps him alive on three conditions: he must never touch the clock's hands, never give in to anger, and never fall in love. Jack manages for years, until he meets Miss Acacia, a street singer, and his feelings for her put the mechanism that sustains him at risk. When she leaves Scotland, he sets out after her on a journey that carries him across Europe toward Andalusia.

The film is an animated fantasy adventure directed by Stéphane Berla and Mathias Malzieu, who also wrote the screenplay. It was the first feature either director made, ahead of Berla's Rapper's Delight and Malzieu's A Mermaid in Paris. Mathias Malzieu voices Jack, with Olivia Ruiz as Miss Acacia, Grand Corps Malade as Joe, Jean Rochefort as Méliès, Emily Loizeau as Madeleine and Rossy de Palma as Luna.

Its reported budget of 34 million USD was far larger than its worldwide gross of about 3 million USD. On IMDb it holds 6.9/10 from 8,100 votes, and on TMDB 7.2/10 from 772 votes. A critics' rating of 6.7/10 from 12 reviews places it close to the audience scores.