Django

Etienne Comar, 2017, France, 117min, French with English Subtitles
Nominated for Golden Bear, Berlin FF 2017
Friday, 3 November 2017, 7:00 PM, Toronto Premiere

1943, occupied Paris. Django Reinhardt is at the pinnacle of his art. The brilliant and carefree jazz
guitarist, king of ethereal swing, plays to standing-room- only crowds in the capital’s greatest venues.
Meanwhile his gypsy brethren are being persecuted throughout Europe. His life takes a turn for the
worse when the Nazi propaganda machine wants to send him on tour in Germany…