Cool cats

Friday 15 - 22:00 Trueba cinemas

Janus Koster-Rasmussen - 83' - Denmark

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Cool Cats tells the story of two jazz giants who are forced to relocate to a musical small town. In the mid-1960s, tenor saxophone stars Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon leave behind America and its fierce political climate – as well as a long trail of heavy alcohol and heroin abuse. They settle down in Copenhagen, where they are greeted as musical saviors. But the attractions of the small, fairy tale-like Scandinavian capital soon turn out to be a threat to their music – and their lives. The film's visual backbone consists of Ben Webster's own 8MM footage which resurfaces here for the first time.

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Director: Janus Koster-Rasmussen
Year: 2015
Country: Denmark
Length: 83 min.
Original language: English, Danish
Leadings: Klaus Albrectsen, Frank Büchmann-Møller, Dexter Gordon, Susanne Knudsen, Alex Riel, Torben Ulrich, Ben Webster, Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen
Editors: Thomas Winkel Ravn
Camera: Lars Bonde, Theis Mortensen, Klaus Nedergaard, Anders Aagaard Nielsen
Producers: Morten Thomsen Højsgaard
Film company: DR