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UNITED STATES · 1977
New York, New York
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Synopsis
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
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I saw my film as taking 'the form of the musical, but doing something different with it – what Godard did with A Woman Is a Woman and Demy with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – not a traditional musical, but using the form differently.'
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