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.
Dexter Gordon
as Dale Turner
François Cluzet
as Francis Borler
Gabrielle Haker
as Bérangère
Christine Pascal
as Sylvie
Pierre Trabaud
as le père de Francis
Frédérique Meininger
as la mère de Francis
Liliane Rovère
as Madame Queen
Ged Marlon
as Beau
Benoît Régent
as Le psychiatre
Philippe Noiret
as Redon
Eddy Mitchell
as L'ivrogne au bar du Blue Note
Sandra Reaves-Phillips
as Buttercup
