Anton Yakovlev, Aure Atika, David Birge-Cotte
Twenty-eight-year-old Tom leads a life that might be termed as criminal. In doing so, he follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals....( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 15, 2005
Stats: 582 reviews
A very entertaining modern film-noir. Audiard is a very capable director and you can clearly spot his admiration and influence for Truffaut and Goddard. It is Romain Duris who steals the show though in a fantastic performance.
In De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arreté, the main character, Tom, goes through many ordeals in a desperate attempt to find himself. He works, like his father, in "real estate", which is an euphemism for "breaking into abandoned buildings, brutally forcing the inhabitants out, and
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There are several issues with this movie but I think, over all, the main flaw falls into just how disappointing the film is. It has everything to become a truly interesting, wonderful picture about music and hard life but it's simply too slow at some moments and too intense at ot...( read more)
There's a fine line between a quiet film and a yawn, and this film skips on the wrong side of the line too often.
It's not that it's a bad film, but there are a lot of 'slice-of life' movies out there, and this one's predictable from beginning to end. That in-and-of itself isn't...( read more)
Disappointing and predictable from the first minute to the last. It didn't even convey the music passion successfully for me and that's the greatest failure of the film. Decent acting by Romain Duris but that was not enough. Not even close.
first of all, I must say I loved two things about this movie: the title (!) and Romain Duris, he has the intensity of Christian Bale better roles.
the story is a bit chaotic, the movie tries to cover too much into 1h 40 min: a strained relationship between father (Niels Arestrup ...( read more)
Not something I can relate to, and the lead guy is really ugly.
Art house existential drama about second chances, I think.
Music Passion takes you to live above all things. Not a fantastic movie but a very good message.
Nice story about changing paths, luckily with non-hollywood results. A very anxious movie.
The film confirms director Audiard as a master of visual mood, in this case one of barely expressed emotional panic. full review
The Beat That My Heart Skipped doesn't replace Fingers, but joins it as the portrait of a man reaching out desperately toward his dying ideals. full review
Beat is shot elegantly, and it's entertaining throughout, though in the end one might well ask what does it all mean? full review
Jacques Audiard's The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a distinctly modern picture with its heart in the '70s: It has the nervous, kinetic energy, and the swaggering pioneer spirit, that marked '70s Amer... full review
Affirms the best cinema has to offer: exciting acting, beautiful music and cinematography, great writing and a lack of condescending to the audience full review
This stylish, tightly coiled character study has notions of turning into a thriller but never quite does. full review
The optimistic flip-side to James Tobak's Harvey Keitel-headlined Fingers. full review
why is the name of this movie only in english??
can anyone fix that and add the original name ( De battre mon coeur s'est arrete ) ?
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