EN – Screenings – Swing
Tony Gatlif
Fiction / France / 2002 / 1h30
Movies for Middle school
Returning to French screens on march 1rst 2022
A first musical experience and a first love. The coming of age story of Max, a boy from a middle-class family who learns to play the Gypsy jazz music to which the film is a vibrant tribute.
10-year-old Max discovers a passion for Gypsy jazz music. While on holiday at his grandmother’s house, he goes to the Gypsy quarter to buy a guitar. Over the summer, Max studies Gypsy jazz music and culture with Miraldo, a virtuoso musician. He also falls in love for the first time with Swing, an enigmatic girl his own age.