Tom is 28 and destined to follow in his father’s footsteps in the sleazy and sometimes brutal world of the real estate business. But a chance encounter leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In earnest, he starts preparing for the audition with a virtuoso Chinese pianist. She doesn’t speak a word of French, music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle…
Original title: De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté
2004 – 1h47 – Drama – France
With: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emanuelle Devos
Berlinale – Competition (2005)