The Beat That My Heart Skipped | |
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French | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté |
Directed by | Jacques Audiard |
Written by | Jacques Audiard Tonino Benacquista |
Based on | Fingers by James Toback |
Produced by | Pascal Caucheteux |
Starring | Romain Duris Niels Arestrup Jonathan Zaccaï Gilles Cohen Linh Dan Pham Aure Atika Emmanuelle Devos Melanie Laurent |
Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
Distributed by | UGC Fox Distribution[1][2] |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $6.2 million[3] |
Box office | $6.5 million[4] |
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (French: De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté) is a 2005 French neo-noir drama film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It is a remake of the 1978 American film Fingers, and tells the story of Tom, a shady realtor torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on 17 February 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival. The film was given limited release to theaters in North America and grossed $1,023,424 and $10,988,397 worldwide.