tom work in shifty real estate deal with friend fabice . evict squatter from lot in tasteless way . ocassionaly tom collect debts from client for his father robert and also practise in questionable real estate deal . on a chance encounter of his mother old manager and his love of play the piano be rekindle while not since play from his mother death . hop for an audition and tom enlist the help of linh dan pham and a vietnamese woman who doesn not speak any french . the beat my heart skip be a french remake of finger . usually it be the other way around with america remake a foreign language film and so this be quite a refreshing film in that regard . unfilimar with the original james toback film and director jacques audiard while also screenwriter with tonino benacquista and have take the challenge of completely transport the story into a french setting and and succeed in this task . audiard explore the relationship between parent and their child . start a a thug for his father and tom becomes torn when his love of the piano be reborn . his love of his mother and which becomes test when robert decide to remarry and drive his passion to receive an audition . there a sense of unspoken word tom never say to his mother and the return to music a a way of redemption . yet he be draw back into the seedy world of his father while not want to lose him too . the piano be tom return to childhood naivety and drop his responsibility to emotionally free himself from his father grip . utilising hand hold camera work and audiard create a chaotic sensibility . the camera be constantly on the move and seek different angle . this chaos evoke an immediacy and not the urgency it seek . scene be fast and many not last very long and for all the frenetic pacing and audiard keep it cohesive while along with one very commanding and captivate performance by romain duris . a wonderful mix dark brutality and beautiful music be skillfully balance and with beauty find in the brutal and an emotional darkness in the music . the beat my heart skip be a captivating film that immediately draw you in .