The Beat That My Heart Skipped

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

1h 47m

Drama

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Tom Seyr (Romain Duris), a violent thug with a heart, grows weary of cracking heads for his smarmy, mediocre gangster father, Robert (Niels Arestrup), and longs for a chance at something else. A fortuitous encounter prompts Tom to renew his classical piano playing, like his mother before him, and he begins to study with piano teacher Miao Lin (Linh Dan Pham). But when he starts a passionate affair with Aline (Aure Atika), the wife of one of his cronies, his new happiness may be short-lived.

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Critics Consensus

Stylish and visceral, this able remake is infused with realism, grit, and a taut performance by star Romain Duris.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

04/07/2010

Niels Arestrup is striking as the hero's slumlord father.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

01/27/2007

[Duris] is pure star quality: gloweringly sexy, hypnotically unstable and needy, combining rage and vulnerability in his handsome, delicate face.

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Philip Kemp

Sight & Sound

09/28/2006

Altogether, Audiard's movie hangs together better than Toback's: it's more coherent in its construction, far less arbitrary in its dialogue, and more plausible and considered in its characterisation.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Oct 21

B+

The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a showcase for the incredibly talented Duris, who gained worldwide recognition for his mesmerizing work.

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Sean Axmaker

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12/07/2024

[Jacques] Audiard gives it all an edgy volatility as the world of small-time hustles and under-the-table scams comes back with a vicious sting.

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Paul Dale

The List

04/26/2019

4/5

Duris is phenomenal in the lead role -- a good-looking wire ball of tightly-wound ill temper -- as are the rest of the cast.

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sean O.

@seandaddy0 Jan 24

I enjoyed this movie

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Stephen C

@bob25009 07/22/2025

Success in 1 hour and 47 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $1,000,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 20th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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01/22/2022

Wow! (That's French for Wow!) Romain Duris is magnifique.

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02/07/2021

Compelling film of a thug who shockingly is spending his spare time attempting to become a concert pianist; but one can only fall so far from the tree

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07/30/2018

I like this movie very much!

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11/23/2017

Great directing great cast

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Synopsis

Tom Seyr (Romain Duris), a violent thug with a heart, grows weary of cracking heads for his smarmy, mediocre gangster father, Robert (Niels Arestrup), and longs for a chance at something else. A fortuitous encounter prompts Tom to renew his classical piano playing, like his mother before him, and he begins to study with piano teacher Miao Lin (Linh Dan Pham). But when he starts a passionate affair with Aline (Aure Atika), the wife of one of his cronies, his new happiness may be short-lived.

Director: Jacques Audiard
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux
Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
Distributor: Wellspring Media
Production Co: Why Not Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2005, Original
Release Date (DVD): Nov 22, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)