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.
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 in director Bertrand Tavernier
Sophie Marceau
as Une fille dans la rue
Martin Scorsese
as Goodley
François Cluzet
as Francis Borler
Philippe Noiret
as Redon
Benoît Régent
as le psychiâtre
Eddy Mitchell
as l'ivrogne au bar du Blue Note
Frédérique Meininger
as la mère de Francis
Pierre Trabaud
as le père de Francis
Christine Pascal
as Sylvie
Lonette McKee
as Darcey Leigh
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Review of 'Round Midnight 1986
"Autour de minuit" ("'Round Midnight") is the story of a Frenchman's passion for jazz, and for a sax player. Or two Frenchmen, rather, for it takes a passionate director to make such a film.
Francis Borler (played by François Cluzet) is a Parisian artist and a jazz fan who finally meets his idol, s
