The Beat That My Heart Skipped
a JACQUES AUDIARD picture
Synopsis
Tom is 28 and destined to follow in his father’s footsteps in the sleazy and sometimes brutal world of the real estate business. But a chance encounter leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In earnest, he starts preparing for the audition with a virtuoso Chinese pianist. She doesn’t speak a word of French, music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle…
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"Pace, style and attitude… A standout performance by Romain Duris… One of the most memorable and striking character studies in recent French cinema."
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"The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a cocky French remake of James Toback's 1978 "Fingers" that stands reasonably well on its own as an urgent, updated genre meditation on nurture vs. nature."
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& Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Best Music
Cesar Award
Best Film
Cesar Award
Best Director
Cesar Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Cesar Award
Best Cinematography
BAFTA Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
British Independent Film Awards
Best Foreign Independent Film
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Tribeca Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Romain Duris | |
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| Niels Arestrup | |
| Aure Atika | |
| Emmanuelle Devos | |
| Jonathan Zaccaï | |
| Gilles Cohen | |
| Anton Yakovlev | |
| Mélanie Laurent |
| Director | Jacques Audiard |
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| Scriptwriters | Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista |
| Producer | Pascal Caucheteux |
| Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
| Editor | Juliette Welfling |
| Sound | Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard, Cyril Holtz, Philippe Amouroux |
| Music | Alexandre Desplat |
| Production Design | François Emmanuelli |
| Costumes Design | Virginie Montel |
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