The Beat That My Heart Skipped Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Perfect beat.

I saw this at the cinema and loved it.

The central character is torn between his love of music and his violent life.

If you love to lose yourself in music you will find something to identify with in here.

I don't think there was a single bum note in the movie.

One of my favourites of 2005.

High Quality French Thriller

This modern Ferench film is the story of a young man caught up in the violent underworld life of his father. He evicts tenants, collects bad debt and dishes out punishment all to the backdrop of the techno music that drums through his headphones. But his life changes when by chance he meets the former manager of his piano concert playing mother and he decides to begin playing again himself. He seeks out a Chinese teacher who speaks no French and so they communicate through music, at times as taught and angry as the gangster life he still leads. A brilliant central performance by Romain Duris is as intesne as a young De Niro and it is compelling to watch as he struggles to keep his two separate lives apart Highly recommended.