The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Directed by Jacques Audiard
A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.
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You may remember him from Audiard's " The Beat That My Heart Skipped " (2005), where he played a seedy but confident father who psychically overshadows his son.
If James Toback's petty-criminal tale "Fingers" inspired Jacques Audiard's previous "The Beat That My Heart Skipped," it's Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" that looms over his latest "A Prophet."
The French director Jacques Audiard came to most American filmgoers' attention for 2005's "The Beat That My Heart Skipped," his remake of James Toback's "Fingers" that had the rare distinction of being much better than the original.
None of this will be a surprise to followers of co-writer (with Thomas Bidegain) and director Audiard, a meticulous craftsman whose four previous films, including U.S. art-house successes "Read My Lips" and "The Beat That My Heart Skipped," display a passion for well-constructed, emotionally connected narratives and gripping, visceral storytelling that "A Prophet" takes to even more impressive levels.
Audiard is no stranger to crime stories, having directed the superlative Read My Lips and The Beat That My Heart Skipped, a French remake of James Tobackâs Oedipal drama Fingers.
Directed by the highly regarded French filmmaker Jacques Audiard ( "Read My Lips," "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" ), "A Prophet" might have been just another movie about what prison does to a person, were it not for the elements suggested by the title.
Haggis has added nearly 40 minutes to the duration, and a different French cinematographer has been engaged (Stéphane Fontaine, who shot A Prophet and The Beat That My Heart Skipped).