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  • 2018
  • PG-13
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2018
  • PG-13
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m

Summary France in 1943 during the German occupation. Every night, guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt delights Parisian audiences with his witty, life-affirming ‘gypsy swing’ music. Whilst many other Romany people are finding themselves the target of racist persecution and being murdered in concentration camps, Django believes himself to be ...

Directed By: Etienne Comar

Written By: Alexis Salatko, Etienne Comar

  • 2018
  • PG-13
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2018
  • PG-13
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 57 m

Django

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary France in 1943 during the German occupation. Every night, guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt delights Parisian audiences with his witty, life-affirming ‘gypsy swing’ music. Whilst many other Romany people are finding themselves the target of racist persecution and being murdered in concentration camps, Django believes himself to be ...

Directed By: Etienne Comar

Written By: Alexis Salatko, Etienne Comar

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
15% Positive
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77% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
15% Positive
2 Reviews
77% Mixed
10 Reviews
8% Negative
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67
Feb 18, 2017
Django deserves credit for refusing to fit its subject into the straightjacket of a survival tale, and Ketab’s expressive turn — much of which is captured in close-ups — provides the story with a richness that the writing struggles to achieve on its own.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 4, 2018
Django expresses, via the language of film genre, not what Reinhardt’s life was but what it might have felt like.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 18, 2017
This semi-fictionalized account rings false whenever it eschews reality for a WWII cloak-and-dagger intrigue, trying too hard to dazzle us with plot instead of letting the music speak for itself.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 1, 2018
A more honest script might’ve supported Reda Kateb’s laid-back, medium-effective portrayal of Reinhardt more fully. As is, he’s depicted as an artist man floating through his awful times, living for the music.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 4, 2018
The finale enlivens an otherwise staid biopic, but whether the film has earned a moment of uplift is unclear.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 18, 2017
The film — while not an especially compelling or well-told biopic unto itself — shines much-needed attention on the plight of the Roma people at the hands of German (and French) officials.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 5, 2018
Django is for the most part everything Reinhardt’s music was not: listless, glum and meandering.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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17% Negative
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Production Company Fidélité Films, Arches Films, Moana Films, Curiosa Films, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Jan 5, 2018
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating PG-13
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Website http://django-film.de/
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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