‘Round Midnight (1986)

Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Christine Pascal, Dexter Gordon, Frédérique Meininger, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Ged Marlon, Liliane Rovère, Pierre Trabaud

Synopsis:

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.