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Director Jacques Audiard and screenwriter Tonino Benacquista, who shared a 2002 Cesar Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Read My Lips", team up again in "The Beat That My Heart Skipped", a gritty psychological drama set in the dark, dank streets of Paris. The film is based on James Toback"s cult favourite "Fingers", in which Harvey Keitel played a tortured soul trapped between his love of the piano and his involvement with the mob. In this remake, Romain Duris stars as Tom, a ne"er-do-well who works with two scheming real estate men, Fabrice (Jonathan Zaccai) and Sami (Gilles Cohen), who have little or no morals. When Tom sees his mother"s old agent, he decides to return to the piano, practising Bach"s Toccata in E Minor for an important audition that he envisions could be a life-changing event. He hires a Vietnamese woman, Miao-Lin (Linh-Dan Pham), as his teacher, even though they speak different languages. While struggling to regain his mastery of the piano - which he gave up after his virtuoso mother"s tragic death - he is called upon by his partners to participate in shady deals and even help one of them cheat on his wife (Aure Atika). He also has a troublesome relationship with his father (Niels Arestrup), who asks Tom to collect money he is owed, putting him in dangerous situations. "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" is an intelligent, involving film, told in long takes with a handheld camera to heighten the emotional impact of scene after scene.
Product Key Features
Actor
Linh Dan Pham, Gilles Cohen, Jonathan Zaccai, Romain Duris, Neils Arestrup
Director
Jacques Audiard
Certificate
15
Subtitle Language
English
Format
Blu-ray
Language
French
Release Year
2016
Features
With Subtitles
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Reviews
Time Out - Taut, visually nifty noir... Stylish, intelligent, entertaining, Mail On Sunday - Brilliant... The best thing I"ve seen all year, Finacial Times - A raging gangster film... Marvellous...
Number of Discs
1
Consumer Advice
Contains strong language and bloody violence
Movie/TV Title
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Composer
Alexandre Desplat
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
Run Time
104 mins
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