'Django': Life — And Music — During Wartime
In German-occupied France, guitarist Django Reinhardt (Reda Kateb) awakens to the horrors inflicted upon his people in this musically accomplished but "oversimplified, underfed and overburdened" film.
by Nate Chinen
Jan 11, 2018
2 minutes
A bar fight breaks out during a pivotal scene in Django, the musically crisp yet mournful new wartime drama by Étienne Comar. As the fracas unfolds, the band keeps playing, with a blithe bemusement that seems to say: This happens all the time. But these are far from normal times.
The leader of the band is Django Reinhardt, the incomparably gifted Romani jazz guitarist, soulfully
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