The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
28-year-old Tom follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty real estate deals. Somehow he appears to have arrived at a critical juncture in his life when a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist, like his mother. He senses that this might be his final opportunity to take back his life.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jacques Audiard
Written By: James Toback, Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Mélanie Laurent, Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Aure Atika, Jonathan Zaccaï, Gilles Cohen, Linh Dan Pham, Sandy Whitelaw, Anton Yakovlev, Agnès Aubé, Etienne Dirand
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Action, Music
AKA: De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté
Country: France
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped belongs to 17 collections
1. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
2. Musician / Composer (collaborative: moderated by djross - 6 stars)
3. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
4. César Award for Best Film (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 5 stars)
5. Times Online: The 100 Best Films of the Decade (collaborative: moderated by hristos - 5 stars)
6. Cinemag's 100 Greatest Movies of the '00s (collaborative: moderated by hristos - 5 stars)
7. Alternatif Film Öneri Listesi (public: Ozancan - 4 stars)
8. Piano Playing (collaborative - 3 stars)
9. Sight & Sound's Films of the Decade (00-09) (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 3 stars)
10. Aughties Films to See (public: theficionado - 3 stars)
11. 10 Great European Neo-Noir Films (public: TychoCelchuu - 2 stars)
12. Mubi Europe (collaborative: moderated by Svengali)
13. Foreign remakes of US films (collaborative: moderated by Vesey)
14. Alexandre Desplat (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
15. Best 100 French films according to the press from AlloCiné (collaborative: moderated by Dr.N0)
16. Foreign - French (public: NhanLa)
17. seen in 2018 (public: sproost)
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| Sep 25, 2018 |  |
cat9man | 86 77th |
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A young thug must choose between violence and art while keeping his day job
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| May 09, 2016 |  |
Barraoc | 80 85th |
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Fine performances, superb cinematography, with a unique twist on the gangster(ish) story. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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| Dec 09, 2015 |  |
Moribunny | 73 79th |
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Very well written and made and incredibly nervous. Duris turns out a most angst-ridden performance. Audiard shows his knack for combining tense crime stuff with persuasive character drama, which not a lot of filmmakers can do. Some resent its debt to James Toback's "Fingers" but I like it just as much.
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| Sep 18, 2013 | glm01 | 79 61st |
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79.000
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| Jun 30, 2013 | Marnau | 55 6th |
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3 Juny 2013? - Molt fluixa, decebedora, simple, artificial. Personatges buits i esquemàtics.
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| Mar 12, 2013 | Nepeta | 85 80th |
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Romain Duris is amazing here. The film is full of moments of insight, interest and intensity as Audiard takes material that could have easily come off as obvious but manages to take it in such a direction that it is instead intelligent and emotionally compelling. Great stuff.
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| Dec 25, 2012 |  |
glumpy_99 | 60 18th |
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Meandering, frustrating film is saddled from the outset with an unlikable (and inscrutable) leading character, which makes it difficult to become wholly invested in the film as a whole, despite the fine performances (Arestrup in particular is a delight in his brief scenes as Duris' father). Beautifully crafted however, with scenes of sudden, jarring violence particularly well staged and executed.
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| Nov 11, 2012 |  |
Actionberg | 90 92nd |
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Jacques Audiard is without a doubt my favorite contemporary French director. Here, like in A Prophet, you find the same richness of gritty tone, choice music selection, and unique characterization. Audiard's heroes are forced to struggle through their ugly environments to attain the innocence and peace that they know rests in their souls. They are not good men, but on some level they desire to be just that, and their journeys are utterly captivating. The piano stuff in this is just wonderful.
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| Sep 19, 2012 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 84 77th |
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Stunning lead performance, as the lead character gets slowly revealed while his alienation towards the world art large transforms into an alienation from his underworld escape. It's full of great moments and excellent energy. It does feel like there's a lynchpin missing, something to give everything, particularly the ending, the extra weight to raise it to greatness but it's still wonderful.
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| Apr 15, 2012 |  |
LB94 | 86 93rd |
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This is as near to a masterpiece as anything I've seen in a long, long time. Passionate, powerful and emotionally devastating. The performances are astounding and Jacques Audiard's screenplay is flat out incredible. One of the finest French films I've seen, and an instant favourite.
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| Nov 20, 2011 |  |
iyisinek | 74 62nd |
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Fransa, emlak mafyasi, rus mafyasi, piyano, piyanist, aldatmak, vietnamli, baba-ogul, intikam (Thomas Seyr emlak isindedir. insanlari zorla evlerinden cikarma gibi bir görevi vardir. Müzige de icten ice bir ilgisi vardir. Annesinin menejeriyle tanisir. Menejer bir demo icin kendisine söz verir. İsiyle tutkusu arasinda kalan Thomas'in öyküsüdür. Arkadasinin karisiyla iliskisi olur. Vietnamli bir ögrenciden ders alir. Babasi rus mafyasinca öldürülür. Finalde intikam icin sansi olur) Fena dii
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| Oct 17, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 35 90th |
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"The optimistic flip-side to James Tobak's Harvey Keitel-headlined Fingers." - Nick Schager
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| Aug 11, 2010 |  |
tinysausage | 79 78th |
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Duris is astonishing, full of coiled energy, as the slum-lord gangster who feels the pull of his love for the piano. While the opposition of the two worlds may have been a little too neat, the film is satisfying.
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| May 11, 2010 |  |
Tjekhov | 90 96th |
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The best remake ever. In Audiards masterpiece Romain Duris reinvents acting to a form, which is so unbelievably real that it reduces all other performances to imitations of static mannequins.
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| Feb 01, 2010 |  |
KasperL | 70 65th |
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Solid flick which doesn't really come together as well as it should have, the narrative never extending beyond the curious paradox of a pianist henchman. Where Audiards film excels is with its cinematography. Not only are the scenes nicely lit and framed, the uses of tracking shots and closeups with the background completely out of focus were ace.
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| Sep 16, 2009 |  |
frederic_g54 | 8 77th |
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Compelling and heartwarming (especially if one loves the instrument), Audiard is perhaps the most interesting and one of the best contemporary french filmmakers, the guy can aim a fucking camera, put a scene together, and make you care about the characters involved. He's fastly becoming my favorite french filmmaker. Do yourself a favor and watch "A Prophet" aswell.
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| Jan 25, 2009 |  |
Razorclock | 73 32nd |
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A fairly good film. Duris' character is nervous, intense, and hard to sympathize with - but played brilliantly nevertheless.
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| Dec 11, 2008 |  |
paulofilmo | 67 32nd |
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This character is abhorrent, but also completely compelling. Superb acting all round.
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| Jul 12, 2008 | kav | 95 97th |
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Brilliant.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Harmonica | 94 96th |
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Absolutely captivating and uplifting cinema. On a pivotal night in my young life, this cinema trip was just exactly what I didn't know I needed - both catharsis and catalyst. I left that darkened theatre somewhat transformed, and immediately empowered to tackle the problems facing myself and my friends.
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| Average Percentile 62.89% from 591 Ratings |  |