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’Round Midnight is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a sui generis, Oscar-nominated fusion of performer and character, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching for a fresh start in Paris, Turner strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan (François Cluzet) who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician. Herbie Hancock’s evocative, Oscar-winning score sets the mood for this definitive jazz film, a bittersweet opus that glows with lived-in, soulful authenticity. (Criterion)
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Noël Simsolo
France
Best movies:
'Round Midnight (1986)
In Praise of Love (2001)
Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
Philippe Moreau
Best movies:
'Round Midnight (1986)
John McLaughlin
UK
Best movies:
'Round Midnight (1986)
Guy Louret
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Antonieta (1982)
Benoît Régent
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Patrick Massieu
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
'Round Midnight (1986)
L' Enfant des loups (1991) (TV movie)
Arthur French
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Kinsey (2004)
Pascale Vignal
Best movies:
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Life and Nothing But (1989)