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THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté)

 ABOUT THE MOVIE


Genre:
Drama
Starring: Romaine Duris, Niels Arestrup
Director: Jacques Audiard
Rating: NC-16 (Sexual References)
Year Made: 2006


SPECIAL FEATURES

- NIL

 

 


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Languages: French
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 4x3 Letterbox
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0
Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Region Code: 3
Distributor: Comstar

 

SYNOPSIS:  

Tom is a pretty hard-boiled guy but also strangely considerate as far as his father is concerned. 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. His Piano teacher is a Chinese piano virtuoso who has recently come to live in France. She doesn’t speak a lick of French so music becomes the only language they have in common. Before long, Jacques’s bid to be a better person means that he begins to yearn for true love. But, when he finally has the chance of winning his best friend’s wife, his passion only succeeds in scaring her. And the, one day, his dubious past comes to light ...

MOVIE REVIEW

The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a French remake of the 1973 Harvey Keitel vehicle Fingers. Unwieldy movie title aside (take “that” out), this is a clever collaboration between director Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista after the remarkable Read My Lips.

This movie focuses squarely on the struggle faced by real estate roughneck Thomas Seyr rediscovering his passion for the piano. While Romain Duris put on a maverick display in portraying the tortured protagonist Thomas Seyr, the acting is stellar all round. Niels Arestrup showed why he is a seasoned veteran with some convincing displays in limited film time and the fact that we know actress Pham Linh Dan is speaking gibberish Vietnamese did not detract from her sturdy portrayal of the Chinese pianist coach Miao Lin.

Part of the movie’s charm rests on a low-key stylishness with a great wardrobe (I want those killer Chelsea boots) and some intuitive camera work. Music plays an important role in demarcating the struggles Thomas went through as well. All in all, co-writers Audiard and Benacquista have successfully created a textured character study that bears repeated viewing.

SPECIAL FEATURES :

No special features.

AUDIO/VISUAL:

A choice of Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5.1 coupled with flawless visual transfer.

MOVIE RATING:



DVD RATING :

Review by Lim Mun Pong

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