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New York, New York

June 1977 •English

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Alice

December 1990 •English

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

The Terminal

June 2004 •English

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Buy Me an Eliot

May 1998 •

A young unemployed saxophone player Boki is pursued by debt collector agency, whose secretary tries to save him. Having reached his dead end, the racketeers give him a twelve hours deadline to find the money. He calls everyone he could remember and unsuccessfully begs for help. The time inevitably runs...

Lulu on the Bridge

September 1998 •English

A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Duet

May 1994 •Tamil

Two musical brothers look for love, only to have their quest end in tragedy for one.

24 Hour Playboy

July 1989 •Japanese

Nagashima is a playboy who refuses to be tied down by marriage. Suffering from insomnia recently, he is eager to find a glamorous girl who can make him fall asleep. He leaves his tiresome girlfriend Mari, and soon finds himself trapped in dangerous triple liaisons involving two nightclub hostesses and a dewy-eyed girl. When all three of them start pestering him about marriage, Nagashima makes up his mind to flee…

'Round Midnight

September 1986 •English

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.

Leo Gandelman: Ao Vivo

February 2003 •Portuguese

Endless Waltz

October 1995 •Japanese

Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.

Souffler plus fort que la mer

May 2017 •French

Julie and her parents, Loïc and Louison, make their living fishing on a small island off the coast of Brittany. In order to escape their debts, they are forced to part with their boat in exchange for a scrappage bonus. The family struggles to cope with this new life without a boat, and Julie takes refuge in her passion for the saxophone to overcome the strange feeling of being overwhelmed that gradually takes hold of her...

Chasing Trane

April 2017 •English

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.

Every Night's a Saturday Night

April 2018 •English

The Life & Times of Bobby Keys ... decades-long Sax player with The Rolling Stones, best friend to Keith Richards, and session player with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Delaney & Bonnie, George Harrison, Dr. John, Joe Cocker, Harry Nilsson, Ian McLagan, Keith Moon, Etta James, Ronnie Wood, Sheryl Crow, Ringo Starr, Joe Ely, Warren Zevon, Billy Preston, Donovan, Marvin Gaye, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, John Hiatt, Yoko Ono and B.B. King.

Candy Dulfer - Live At Montreux

October 2002 •French

Call it jazz, funk, soul, what you will the essence of music is communication between an artist and their audience. So when Candy Dulfer, the queen of the alto sax, invites the crowd at the 2002 Montreux Jazz Festival to "invade my personal space" and approach the stage, the message is clear it's going to be an intimate evening. A boisterous one at times, too, as the Stravinsky Auditorium is transformed into an after-hours club where the music and dancing just doesn't stop.

Lifted

April 2015 •English

A little girl and her inventor father celebrate the success of their greatest dream, on a day she will never forget.

Little

December 2024 •English

A saxophonist plays at a train station.

Black & Blue

Invalid date •English

In this Afro-surrealist tale, Coltrane, a gifted saxophonist haunted by trauma, struggles to stay paid and relevant in Harlem’s speakeasy scene. One drunken night, she plays for a mysterious presence promising to "feed her soul and lick her wounds"— but its price may be her sanity, safety, and self.