The Beat that my Heart Skipped (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté)

i prefer this french version poster, it says more with the blood on his shirt.

so i went for it last night at the only place in town that show the movie-cineleisure d'sara - its Picture House section (something like GSC International screen) where they will show those damn nice flicks without you knowing it, unless u check their movie listing everyday. heh.

i've been wanting to watch it, reasons being :

1. i dig the movie title

2. i dig movie with piano as the co-theme

overall is quite a good one, albeit there are some draggy part in between. i have some questions

1. what is the electro (which i think is electroclash ) that thomas is digging with his Sony headphone ? i know plenty of telepopmusik and bloc party are playing in his headphone, but what are the electro stuff that he said he luv and he happily shared it with his dad.

2. what is the beat that actually makes his heart skipped a beat ? at first i thought was the extraordinary relationship of him between his thuggish life and classical piano music. but towards the end of the movie. i think the beat was simply when he is holding the gun deciding whether to cross over to the dark side by ending the life of the notorious russian guy. (that's why the french poster speaks for a thousand words).

personally i think thomas is a typical guy approaching 30. not sure of his directions in life and tend to look back to the past. his has this ambiguous feelings towards everyone around him. to his colleague's wife that he slept with (is lust more than love), to his piano coach (whom eventually became his girlfriend) and to his father (i think he loves him the most ). after a failing the audition, he finally realised that his talent is not in piano playing. his passion for playing piano was simply just a nostalgic spot that he had for his late mother. the last scene was shown with blood on his Christian Dior white shirt (as on the french poster) depicted that he ain't in favour of a thuggish life but he did that for his late father. that's why towards the end he had actually changed from his funky Chelsea boots to a normal leather shoes. (i kinda dig his Chelsea boots!)

is a french movie, so you don't have to worry about not seeing any nice shirts, jacket or shoes. i luv all the shirts that thomas was wearing in the movie, especially those he wore to this piano lessons. it is so subtle yet attractive. his black leather jacket still tops it all ! vintage and used leather jacket. priceless !

i was told that it was a remake of Fingers (1978). besides that, i watched Zodiac's trailer. wow, it has my 3 favourite stars in it - jake, chloe and robert jr. !

rate 6/10