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THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED is
based on the 1977 James Toback thriller
FINGERS, which starred Harvey Keitel as
the Janus-faced concert pianist and debt
collector Jimmy Angelelli. The highly tal-
ented French Director Jacques Audiard
follows his two earlier successes, ‘Read
My Lips’ and ‘A Self Made Hero’ with this
involving and gripping tale which boasts
the extraordinarily compelling performance
by the young actor, Romain Duris, now a
rising star in France. |
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Critically acclaimed by the French press, THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED has also been a
huge and popular success amongst the public in France.
The protagonist in Jacques Audiard’s latest version of the story is based on Keitel’s character.
In this film, twenty-eight-year-old Tom leads a life that might be termed as criminal - following in
his father’s footsteps in the sleazy and sometimes brutal world of the real estate business.
Tom is a pretty hard-boiled guy, witty and sexy, but also strangely considerate. Somehow he
appears to have arrived at a critical juncture in his life whereby, as the son, he takes it upon
himself to become his parents’ educator. One day, a chance encounter leads him to believe that
he might become, like his mother, a concert pianist.
He senses that this might be his final opportunity to take his life in hand...
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