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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
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In Theaters : 2005
DVD Release : 22 November, 2005
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped could single-handedly give remakes a good name. Based on the 1978 American movie Fingers, The Beat... stars Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole) as Tom, a hoodlum who works the shady side of real estate--evicting poor families from slums, cutting quick and dirty deals in the middle of the night--following in the footsteps of his sleazy father. But clearly Tom loathes both himself and everything he does. One night he accidentally runs into the man who managed Tom's mother, who was a pianist; the manager asks Tom himself to audition, as Tom once showed promise. All at once Tom hires a tutor and neglects his "duties," raising the ire of his cohorts but starting to make himself happy. This could be hokum about the power of art, but Duris' performance is so visceral, so emotionally vivid and engaging, that The Beat That My Heart Skipped becomes a remarkable parable about the danger of betraying yourself--all the more powerful because Tom's life doesn't simply get better, it grows dangerously more complicated. A superb movie with excellent performances throughout, making Duris' standout work all the more impressive. --Bret Fetzer
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♥♥♥♥ From the Director of 'Read My Lips,' a French remake of 'Fingers.'
French director Jacques Audiard is perhaps best known for his 2001 film, [[ASIN:B00009OOFG Read My Lips]] (Sur mes lA vres), a modern thriller about disability, insecurity, love, and revenge. Audiard's 2005 film, The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon caeur s'est arrA tA ), tells the story of Thomas Seyr (Romain Duris), a small-time real estate thug who aspires to be a concert pianist. When he is not violently evicting poor families from Paris slums, he is practicing Bach's Toccata in E minor on the piano. Tom is a man filled with self-hatred because he has abandoned his dreams just to earn a buck. The film is actually a remake of James Toback's 1978 film [[ASIN:B00006FDBU Fingers]] starring Harvey Keitel, who seems much better cast in the role of Tom. One of the notable differences between the two films is that, despite a language barrier, Tom develops a love interest for his Vietnamese piano tutor, Miao Lin (Linh Dan Pham), a theme Audiard also explored in Read My Lips. Ultimately, this film is a lesson about remaining true to one's aspirations, rather than losing one's soul in a day job.

G. Merritt
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