The Heart That Beats (French: Ce cœur qui bat) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Philippe Lesage and released in 2010.
[1] Inspired by his own stay in a hospital after undergoing heart surgery, the film is a meditation on the human condition which profiles the suffering of patients in the emergency ward at Montreal's Hôtel-Dieu hospital, and the dedication of health care workers who strive to relieve it.
[2] The film premiered at the 2010 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in 2011.
[1] At RIDM, the film won the Cinémathèque québécoise award for Best Quebec/Canadian Film, and Lesage won the award for Most Promising Quebec/Canadian Director.
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