
Bird(1988)
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.


“The music and the magic come together...”
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.

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
'Round Midnight is a drama, music film released in 1986 exploring themes of jazz, musician, jazz singer or musician, saxophonist, saxophone, jazz club. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, it stars Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker. 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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