Django

Name: Django
Genre: Biography, Drama, War, Music
Released: January 5, 2018
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Bea Palya, Bimbam Merstein, Cécile De France, Gabriel Mireté, Johnny Montreuil

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| Release Date: January 5, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Bea Palya, Bimbam Merstein, Cécile De France, Gabriel Mireté, Johnny Montreuil, Patrick Mille, Raphaël Dever, Reda Kateb, Vincent Frade, Xavier Beauvois

Summary: France in 1943 during the German occupation. Every night, guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt delights Parisian audiences with his witty, life-affirming ‘gypsy swing’ music. Whilst many other Romany people are finding themselves the target of racist persecution and being murdered in concentration camps, Django believes himself to beFrance in 1943 during the German occupation. Every night, guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt delights Parisian audiences with his witty, life-affirming ‘gypsy swing’ music. Whilst many other Romany people are finding themselves the target of racist persecution and being murdered in concentration camps, Django believes himself to be safe due to his popularity – until agents of the Nazi propaganda machine demand that he goes on tour to Germany in order to counteract the influence of ‘negro music’ from the USA. Django Reinhardt refuses. One of his Parisian admirers helps him, his pregnant wife and his mother to hide out in a village close to the Swiss border; here he meets members of his large extended family who are also on the run. But when he tries to cross Lake Geneva into Switzerland with his wife and his mother, the Nazis are hot on his heels. [Berlin]… Expand

Director: Etienne Comar

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, War, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 117 min

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The Film Stage Ed Frankl

Feb 18, 2017

While Kateb is a fine presence, Colmar (a co-writer of the far superior Of Gods and Men) directs with none of his protagonist’s thrilling pizazz, and his and Salatko’s script plods without any of jazz’s syncopated rhythms Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Feb 18, 2017

Django deserves credit for refusing to fit its subject into the straightjacket of a survival tale, and Ketab’s expressive turn — much of which is captured in close-ups — provides the story with a richness that the writing struggles to achieve on its own. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Jan 4, 2018

Django expresses, via the language of film genre, not what Reinhardt’s life was but what it might have felt like. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jan 4, 2018

The finale enlivens an otherwise staid biopic, but whether the film has earned a moment of uplift is unclear. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Feb 1, 2018

A more honest script might’ve supported Reda Kateb’s laid-back, medium-effective portrayal of Reinhardt more fully. As is, he’s depicted as an artist man floating through his awful times, living for the music. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 18, 2018

Although Kateb carries a certain arrogant genius’ authenticity with his opaque portrayal, Django will leave fans of the legend merely eager to return to their beloved recordings and let their ears take in the greatness. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Jan 5, 2018

Django is for the most part everything Reinhardt’s music was not: listless, glum and meandering. Read full review

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Jan 8, 2018

If you are a fan of Django, then you will really enjoy this movie. If you are into music, then you will really enjoy this movie. If you are a movie critic and have none of the above attributes, then your life is missing something. I found this movie compelling, interesting and totallyIf you are a fan of Django, then you will really enjoy this movie. If you are into music, then you will really enjoy this movie. If you are a movie critic and have none of the above attributes, then your life is missing something. I found this movie compelling, interesting and totally un-Hollywood.… Expand

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