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'Round Midnight

1986 · 131 min

A slow, smoky immersion in jazz and friendship, tender and bittersweet, with a quiet ache that lingers.

Tagline
The music and the magic come together...
Overview
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.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • addiction
  • music
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier
Written by
David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier
Starring
Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Christine Pascal, Pierre Trabaud, Frédérique Meininger, Liliane Rovère, Ged Marlon
Music
Herbie Hancock
Cinematography
Bruno de Keyzer
Runtime
131 min
Country
United States of America, France
Languages
French, English

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