Jacques Audiard made his Criterion debut back in 2017 with his seventh feature film, Dheepan, and eight years later he's back with two of his earlier titles. Like that movie, Read My Lips and The Beat That My Heart Skipped are both character studies that double as low-key thrillers. First up is the story of two misfits who meet in the mundane trenches of a construction company and connect over their shared sense of isolation. Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) is hard of hearing, essentially deaf without her hearing aids, and extremely introverted. Paul (Vincent Cassel) is fresh out of prison and forced to take a temp job at the company, despite having no interest in office work. Each feels alone, but they soon become a part...
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