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Close-up Festival: Little Fugitive, film concert
Since 2021, the Close-Up Festival has established itself as a major cultural event focused on the themes of the city, architecture, and landscape in cinema.
Médiathèque Marguerite Duras (Paris 20th)
About
New York, early 50s. Seven-year-old Joey is left in the care of his older brother Lennie by their mother. But Lennie had planned to spend the weekend with his friends. Irritated at having to take his little brother everywhere with him, he decides to play a prank on him by faking a rifle accident in a vacant lot. Convinced he has caused his brother's death, Joey runs away with six dollars in his pocket to Coney Island, where he imagines he can start a new life... He spends a day and a night wandering amidst the crowds and fairground attractions.
Nicolas Cante will accompany the young boy's wanderings on piano and vocals, mixing compositions and improvisations, completely reinventing the film's soundtrack, and creating as many sound surprises as his fabulous musical eclecticism allows. A pianist and electronic musician, Nicolas is a graduate of the Aix-en-Provence Jazz Conservatory, holds a State Diploma in amplified contemporary music, and has been working with acoustic and electronic keyboards for many years. His musical and artistic experiments take him into the spheres of jazz, improvised music, electro, but also dance and cinema.
2009 in theaters | 1h 20min | Comedy, Comedy-drama, Drama | silent - French subtitles
By Raymond Abrashkin, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin | By Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
With Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams
Discover the full program of the Close-up festival: https://festivalcloseup.com/fr
; Credits: DROur take on this event
Transport yourself to the grit and glamour of 1950s New York with a screening of this independent masterpiece, reimagined through a bold musical lens. Pianist Nicolas Cante takes the stage to accompany Joey's wandering journey with live improvisations, blending jazz, electro, and cinematic magic for an unforgettable immersive experience.
