Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart

Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (French: La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur) is a 2014 French thriller film written and directed by Cédric Anger. It was adapted from the novel Un assassin au-dessus de tout soupçon by Yvan Stefanovitch. Set in 1970s Oise, France, it is based on the story of Alain Lamare, a gendarme who was later revealed to be a murderer (serial killer in the film).^[3]

Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
Film poster
Directed by	Cédric Anger
Screenplay by	Cédric Anger
Based on	Un assassin au-dessus de tout soupçon by Yvan Stefanovitch
Produced by	Alain Attal Thomas Klotz
Starring	Guillaume Canet
Cinematography	Thomas Hardmeier
Edited by	Julien Leloup
Music by	Grégoire Hetzel
Production companies	Sunrise Film Les Productions du Trésor Mars Films Caneo Films
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) (Angoulême) 12 November 2014 (2014-11-12) (France)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€4 million[1]
Box office	$3.4 million[2]

Cast

• Guillaume Canet as Franck
• Jean-Paul Comart as Franck's father
• Hélène Vauquois as Franck's mother
• Ana Girardot as Sophie
• Jean-Yves Berteloot as Lacombe
• Patrick Azam as Tonton
• Cédric Le Maoût as Olivier
• Alice de Lencquesaing as Melissa
• Nicolas Ronchi as the doctor
• Nicolas Carpentier as Paul
• Alexandre Carrière as Ossart
• Franck Andrieux as Auzier
• Arthur Dujardin as Bruno
• Pierick Tournier as Carpentier
• Laura Giudice as Roxane

Accolades

In January 2015, the film received two nominations at the 20th Lumière Awards.^[4] The film also received two César Award nominations at the 40th César Awards.^[5]