“A blistering film you feel in the pit of your stomach, a jumpy, edgy piece of work that thrusts us into a personal maelstrom so tortured and intense, the emotions could be spread with a knife.”
Romain Duris stars as Tom: a young man torn between leading a life of crime and easy money a la his dad (a brilliantly louche Niels Arestrup), or a life of discipline and music a la his concert pianist mum (deceased). A remake of James Toback's 1978 film, Fingers, The Beat My Heart Skipped brilliantly captures the frenetic energy (& the great shirts) of 70s New Hollywood and won the Bafta for Best Film not in the English Language.
Romain Duris stars as Tom: a young man torn between leading a life of crime and easy money a la his dad (a brilliantly louche Niels Arestrup), or a life of discipline and music a la his concert pianist mum (deceased). A remake of James Toback's 1978 film, Fingers, The Beat My Heart Skipped brilliantly captures the frenetic energy (& the great shirts) of 70s New Hollywood and won the Bafta for Best Film not in the English Language.
