8/10
THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED (2005). Despite only making 6 films in 15 years, Jacques Audiard is one of the best French film directors currently working, and this is one of his best films. Romain Duris has a crook for a father and a pianist for a mother (now deceased). He’s caught between the two parts of his gene pool, which seem irreconcilable. It’s an immensely impressive film, complex, unpredictable and completely engrossing.
