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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Can music tame the raging soul?
Can music tame the raging soul?
Crime, Drama, Music - 2005
7.3
86%
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Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who cannot speak 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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
107 min
Release date:
16 Mar 2005
Country:
FR
Languages:
English, Chinese, French, Russian, Vietnamese
Budget:
$6,400,000
Revenue:
$9,293,785
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award21 wins & 14 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Audiard has wisely avoided the crime-movie cliches of Toback's Fingers, and if his film is not exactly naturalistic, it is steeped in a reality that makes it all the more compelling.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
19 Aug 2005
fresh:
Audiard has a nice stride here, establishing Tom's world and then altering it with slow insistence.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
19 Aug 2005
fresh:
From its plot to its look, The Beat That My Heart Skipped is designed to express how it feels to be torn between two opposing worlds and passions.
– Noel Murray,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
None of this would work without Duris' simmering performance as Tom, a person who's struggling to find his true calling.
– Bill Muller,
Arizona Republic,
29 Sep 2005
fresh:
Niels Arestrup is striking as the hero's slumlord father.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
7 Apr 2010
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