Films/The Beat that My Heart Skipped

Past Screenings Sunday, May 29, 6:30 PM Neptune Theatre BEAT29A Date has passed. Monday, May 30, 2:00 PM Neptune Theatre BEAT30A Date has passed.

The Beat that My Heart Skipped
de battre mon coeur s’est arrete
France, 2005, 107 Minute Running Time
Genre: Thriller
Program: Contemporary World Cinema
Language: French English Sub-Titles

A cocky, gutsy take on the anguishing contradictions of polar opposite worlds. This remake of James Toback’s 1978 cult classic FINGERS tells the story of Tom, a French urbanite caught between the criminal underworld of his father and his late mother's wish for him to become a concert pianist.

DIRECTOR: Jacques Audiard
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Tonio Benaquista, James Toback (based on ‘Fingers’)
Cinematographer: Stéphane Fontaine
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Principal Cast: Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Aure Atika
Filmography: Read My Lips (2002); Venus Beauty Salon (2000)

Sponsors:
Consulate General of France, San Fransisco, RealNetworks, TV5

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