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Étienne COMAR | France | 2017 | color | DCP | 117′ | French, German, English, Romany | d.s.
MUSIC CALLS_Nazi Germany not only persecuted the Jews, but also the Roma during the Second World War. In this wartime drama, it initially seems as if jazz legend Django Reinhardt will be able to continue his artistic career in Paris. Until, that is, he threatens to become a pawn in a dirty political game. He goes on the run, but will that save him?
The Second World War is briefly kept at bay during jazz legend and Sinti guitarist Django Reinhardt’s energetic concerts. However, the realization that Nazi Germany has occupied Paris in 1943 is growing. Reinhardt initially clings to his carefree artistic life, but soon has to face the facts: his Roma peers are being persecuted. As Reinhardt’s ‘negro music’ is increasingly constrained by the Germans and the occupiers subsequently force him to tour Germany, he makes a drastic decision. Together with his pregnant wife and aging mother, he joins a group of Roma refugees in a Swiss border village. But even there they are found by the enemy.
Although Django is more a wartime drama than a biography, Django Reinhardt’s extremely virtuoso music plays a major role. In various scenes, ample time is taken for the characteristic, catchy, often deeply moving songs that underline the human drama even further.
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 13 April 2018
Time: 13:00
Duration: 1:10
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 14 April 2018
Time: 14:45
Duration: 1:10
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 15 April 2018
Time: 20:45
Duration: 1:10
Year in
Festival
2018
Director
Étienne COMAR
Camera
Christophe Beaucarne
Cast
Reda Kateb
Cécile de France
Beata Palya
Bim Bam Merstein
Gabriel Mirété
Vincent Frade
Johnny Montreuil
Country
France
Editor
Étienne Comar
Language
French
German
English
Romany
Length
117′
Music
Django Reinhardt (performed by The Rosenberg Trio)
Warren Ellis
Producer
Olivier Delbosc
Marc Missonnier
Étienne Comar
Production Company
Production Design
Sales
Pathé International
Scenario
Étienne Comar
based on the novel Folles de Django by Alexis Salatko
Sound Design
Cyril Moisson
Vincent Guillon
Stéphane Thiebaut
Year of Production
Étienne COMAR (1965, France) has been a renowned film producer and scriptwriter for many years. His directorial debut Django was the opening film at the Berlin film festival in 2017.