The Heart That Beats () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Philippe Lesage and released in 2010.André Duchesne, "Ce coeur qui bat: le vrai monde des urgences". La Presse, February 5, 2011. 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.Guillaume Lafleur, "Une certaine inquiétude: Ce coeur qui bat, de Philippe Lesage". Spirale, No. 240 (spring 2012). pp. 13-14.
The film premiered at the 2010 Montreal International Documentary Festival,Ginette Leroux, "RIDM : Pulsations au cœur de la ville". L'aut'journal, November 17, 2010. before going into commercial release in 2011.
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."En bref - Le palmarès des 13es RIDM". Le Devoir, November 24, 2010. The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012."Monsieur Lazhar grand gagnant de la soirée des Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, March 11, 2012.
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