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FRANCE · 1986
'Round Midnight
Synopsis
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
Cinematic DNA
There’s obviously Bird, there’s Mo’ Better Blues. But then there are movies like ’Round Midnight which I love, which isn’t really about the music, it’s about the jazz musician, his struggles. So yeah, I tried to watch every single jazz movie that exists out there.
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Films with Similar Themes
jazz music · mentorship · artistic redemption · bohemian Paris · cultural poverty
