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Mon, Jan 02, 2006
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Film:
A long time ago Thomas Seyr (Romain Duris) knew how to enjoy lifeĀ he played the piano. Unfortunately his dreary job as a real estate broker-errand boy for Thomas Seyr Sr. (Niels Arestrup) has slowly expanded into a monotonous routine of never-ending shady business deals, late-night visits at future "properties" unlawfully occupied by illegal immigrants, and increasingly dangerous "negotiations" with murky characters to which Thomas Seyr Sr. owns money.
But after a gifted Chinese pianist (Linh-Dan Pham) agrees to prepare Thomas for a piano audition at the Paris Conservatoire all hell breaks loose - Thomas Seyr Sr. gets involved with a group of Russian mobsters fascinated with the subtle language of fist fighting and Thomas' associates from the broker company can no longer tolerate their colleague's newly-discovered passion for the piano.
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped