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Director:
Writers:
Jacques Audiard (writer)
Tonino Benacquista (writer)
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Release Date:
16 March 2005 (France) more
Plot:
Should Tom (Duris) make like his thuggish father or pursue his dream of becoming a pianist? full summary | full synopsis
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Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 17 wins & 10 nominations more
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(9 articles)
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Riveting, first-class film-making more (59 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Romain Duris | ... | Thomas Seyr |
| Niels Arestrup | ... | Robert Seyr |
| Jonathan Zaccaï | ... | Fabrice |
| Gilles Cohen | ... | Sami |
| Linh Dan Pham | ... | Miao Lin |
 | Aure Atika | ... | Aline |
| Emmanuelle Devos | ... | Chris |
| Anton Yakovlev | ... | Minskov |
 | Mélanie Laurent | ... | Minskov's Girlfriend |
| Agnès Aubé | ... | Woman |
| Etienne Dirand | ... | Old Man |
| Denis Falgoux | ... | Metreur |
| Serge Boutleroff | ... | Man (as Serge Onteniente) |
| Sandy Whitelaw | ... | Mr. Fox |
| Emmanuel Finkiel | ... | Conservatory Professor |
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Also Known As:
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:107 min | Japan:108 min | USA:108 min
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French | English | Russian | Vietnamese | Mandarin
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:14 | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Taiwan:R-12 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Hungary:16 | Iceland:16 | Norway:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Australia:M | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
91 - Café Les Jardins d'Issoire, Rue de la Tombe Issoire, Paris 14, Paris, France
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The film's title comes from a line in French singer Jacques Dutronc's song, "La fille du père Noël" ("Santa Claus's daughter"). more
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The "The Beat that my heart skipped" is an immaculately crafted and relentlessly gripping film. Its existential premise (a dodgy estate broker feels a sudden urge to rekindle his long abandoned passion for piano-playing whose rarefied world comes in contrast with his everyday life and seedy activities) is rooted in the world of film-noir. The escalating conflict between his "duties" and his lofty aspirations is unerringly captured while maintaining an eye for subtle but telling characterization of the supporting characters. Through his inner turmoil, the main drama materializes and the theme of unfulfilled potential due to a multiplicity of factors not always within somebody's control poignantly emerges.
Jacques Audiard, not the most famous but certainly one of the most talented french directors of the last ten years, has remarkably transcribed the mythology and some of the most eminent film-noir themes onto the modern era. The framing, lighting, music (especially its juxtaposition), mood and plot development are spot-on while the main performance my Romain Duris is career defining. The film stands out as one of the best modern neo-noir -a film with a rather singular style, akin to the director's equally commendable previous works.