Twenty-eight-year-old Tom leads a life that might be termed as criminal. In doing so, he follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals. Tom is a pretty hard-boiled guy but also strangely considerate as far as his father is concerned. Somehow he appears to have arrived at a critical juncture in his life when a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist, like his mother. He senses that this might be his final opportunity to take back his life. His piano teacher is a Chinese piano virtuoso who has recently come to live in France. She doesn’t speak a lick of French so music becomes the only language they have in common. Before long, Jacques’ bid to be a better person means that he begins to yearn for true love. But, when he finally has the chance of winning his best friend’s wife, his passion only succeeds in scaring her. And then, one day, his dubious past comes to light…
Release Date: 16 March 2005Runtime:
Stars:
- Agnès Aubé
- Anton Yakovlev
- Aure Atika
- Denis Falgoux
- Emmanuel Finkiel
- Emmanuelle Devos
- Etienne Dirand
- Gilles Cohen
- Jonathan Zaccaï
- Linh Dan Pham
- Mélanie Laurent
- Niels Arestrup
- Romain Duris
- Sandy Whitelaw
- Serge Onteniente
Director: Jacques Audiard
