thomas be a small time hood and son of another small time hood and who go around put rat in house and beat up people and push out squatter a part of his illicit real estate business while but thomas have another dream and bury deep inside until a chance encounter on a busy paris street ignite his desire represent he want to be a classical pianist . the film explore the conflict between his day to day job and his problem with his randy father who eventually get himself in too deep with the much big and more brutal gangster and his business partner and and the young chinese woman he eventually find to teach him to play the piano on a level that can get him an audition for his dead mother former manager . it base on james toback 27 year old american film finger which star harvey keitel and which be much admire while i haven not see the original but it hard to believe that keitel be any good in the central role than romain duris ( a look alike for a young daniel day lewis for all you brit fancier out there ) and who offer brutality and insensitivity and arrogance in most of his daily life and but with an undercurrent of melancholy and self doubt that make him one of the most real character i have see on screen in a while . i love the look of the film while it shoot in paris but you would never know and it all close ups and cramp apartment space and dirty night time street and no scenery but the emotion on the expressive face of duris and a few of the other character . the film doesn not talk down to the audience and something i find very refreshing after a summer of blockbuster . the first few minute be a bit chaotic and confuse and they mirror the troubled protagonist . i love that and though he seem at time to be make progress out of his unpleasant and violent existence and youre never quite sure . until the spectacular end and where everything wrap up beautifully . or do it . see for yourself . best new film i have see this year .