for the particular movie fan and the beat that my heart skipped and be a slice of intensity and wonder and and subtlety that can only come from europe . the director or co writer and jacques audiard and have take a film previously make by james toback call finger and star harvey keitel in the role now occupy by romain duris and and make it his own . if i have see the original version i would make a couple of comparison to it ( at the least and for those who do not see the original the remake make you want to check out the original and if only for the acting appeal of keitel ) . however i do think about another wonderful french film in the vein of this film francois truffaut shoot the piano player . while truffaut film be a little more concerned about the lead relationship ( s ) with woman and i felt a kind of connection between the material of the two piece sometimes intense and usually lyrical and tale of a person try to find what fit more for them and the more criminal side and or the artistic side . and and much like truffaut and his other new wave counterpart and audiard successfully take an american formula picture and form it well into a french setting . there be a few reason to recommend the movie and one would be for the music and which give repeat but specific rendition of a bach tune . another would be just for the technical side and which be well do in hand hold and neo noir style by stephane fontaine . another could even just be for how audiard tell his story and or sometimes doesn not tell it represent a couple of time mid way through the film and i wonder if the story of this character would go anywhere and which can either make or break a film of this kind . it pleasantly ( or intensely ) do and bring a catharsis for a viewer by the final scene . but likely for most the prominent reason would be for the realistic acting and in particular by it star duris . a i say and i can not make comparison between a heavyweight like keitel and duris ( whom i have never see in a film before this ) and but on his own term duris create his character believably . it at time a complex character and or sometimes not he have that kind of attitude and face where you do not know whether he really a treet level guy or more straight lace . the split that be also apparent in the character parent and one a classic pianist who pass on ( the mother ) and and the other a more criminal type of a father and also give the film an added boost of psychological energy . the lead in this film and much like with the storytelling ( or lack of it ) and dictate how it may turn out . in the end and audiard and duris make it compelling enough for the film to be about him and his conflict and his lust and his music . it a wonderful movie that seem to have pass under the radar ( it in only a few theater around the area ) amid other independent summer fare and but if youre an enthusiast of character drive thriller that give a bitter sweet edge and it a must see .