'Round Midnight
Classic 🎂 40 years 3.84/5 1986 · Directed by Bertrand Tavernier · Starring Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Christine Pascal, Pierre Trabaud · Drama, Music · 126 min
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.
🎂 This film turns 40 in 2026.