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Django

Django

Drama · History · Music · 2017

The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.

Movie details

Django

2017 Drama · History · Music 1h 57m

Critical arithmetic

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IMDb

6.4 / 10

2.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

57 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

49 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.3 / 10

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The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.

CriticWise case file

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Étienne Comar

Written by

Alexis Salatko · Étienne Comar

Reda Kateb

Reda Kateb

Django Reinhardt

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Louise de Klerk

Bea Palya

Bea Palya

Naguine Reinhardt

Bimbam Merstein

Bimbam Merstein

Negros Reinhardt

Gabriel Mireté

Gabriel Mireté

'La Plume'

Johnny Montreuil

Johnny Montreuil

Joseph Reinhardt, aka 'Nin-Nin'

Vincent Frade

Vincent Frade

Fouad, aka 'Tam Tam '

Court is in session

Put Django on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.