'Round Midnight

1986 131 min Drama, Music

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.

IMDb 7.4 RT 100

budget $3,000,000 earnings $10,000,000 return 3.3x

director Bertrand Tavernier

writers Bertrand Tavernier, David Rayfiel

cast