# The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

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**Original title**: *De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté*
**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime
**Directed by**: Jacques Audiard
**Written by**: Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
**Starring**: Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccaï, Gilles Cohen, Linh-Dan Pham, Aure Atika

> *Can music tame the raging soul?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You inherit your criminal father’s real estate empire and play piano only on Sundays until a sharp prodigy forces you to audition every night. Then the city starts breathing debt. Audiard folds a father’s hammer into a son’s Bach, turning Europe’s suburbs into a metronome that counts down.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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