Round Midnight
Sep 23 1986
•2h 13m
•Drama
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.
Cast
See allDexter Gordon
Dale Turner
François Cluzet
Francis Borler
Gabrielle Haker
Bérangère
Christine Pascal
Sylvie
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