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"A soulful portrait of an artist who allowed nothing to stand in the way of his embrace of life and his huge talent." - Hollywood Reporter
Short in stature but big in talent, Michel Petrucciani was a virtuoso jazz musician whose brief life blazed brightly with ability, charisma and hedonism. Born with brittle bone disease, Petrucciani only grew to three feet in height, but towered over his contemporaries with his astoundingly rapid and inventive playing that saw him become the first-ever French artist signed to the legendary Blue Note label.
With time against him, Petrucciani lived life to the fullest, indulging his hedonistic tendencies at every juncture. Filled with interviews and archival footage, this tribute from filmmaker Michael Radford (Il Postino, Van Morrison in Ireland) tells the extraordinary tale of an extraordinary talent.
D/S Michael Radford P Serge Lalou, Annick Colomès, Bruce Marks, Gunnar Dedio, Martina Haubrich, Andrea Stucovitz WS Wild Bunch L English, French w/English subtitles TD 35mm/2011