Drama / Music /

Score: 71%( 96 votes )

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.

Cast:

Dexter Gordon
Dale Turner

François Cluzet
Francis Borler

Gabrielle Haker
Bérangère

Christine Pascal
Sylvie

Pierre Trabaud
le père de Francis

Frédérique Meininger
la mère de Francis

Liliane Rovère
Madame Queen

Ged Marlon
Beau

Benoît Régent
Le psychiatre

Philippe Noiret
Redon

Eddy Mitchell
L'ivrogne au bar du Blue Note

Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Buttercup

Lonette McKee
Darcey Leigh

Herbie Hancock
Eddie Wayne

Bobby Hutcherson
Ace

Hart Leroy Bibbs
Herschell

Victoria Gabrielle Platt
Chan Turner

John Berry
Ben

Martin Scorsese
Goodley

Alain Sarde
Terzian

Sophie Marceau
Une fille dans la rue

Jacques Poitrenaud

Marc-Edouard Nabe
Extra

Noël Simsolo