72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Born To Be Blue

Robert Budreau
Canada - UK      97 m.
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Born to be Blue is not a traditional biopic but a reimagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60s. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with the African American female lead, Jane. Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he will never play music again but Jane challenges him to stay clean and mount a musical comeback against all odds.  

Director
Robert Budreau
Screenplay
Robert Budreau
Production
New Real Films (Canada)
Jennifer Jonas, Leonard Farlinger
Lumanity Productions Inc. (Canada)
Robert Budreau
Black Hangar Studios Production (United Kingdom)
Jake Seal
Photography
Steve Cosens
Edition
David Freeman
Music
David Braid, Todor Kobakov, Steve London
Cast
Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Stephen McHattie, Janet-Laine Green
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Sales
K5 International
Konradinstr. 5
81543
Munich
Germany
Country
Canada - UK
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