Just Friends (1994)

Directed by

Marc-Henri Wajnberg

Genre

musical film

Country

France, Netherlands, Belgium

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A story set in the 1950s jazz scene of Antwerp. It follows musicians and their relationships in a close-knit community.

nostalgicbittersweetatmosphericslow-burndreamlikegentleearthyunhurried

What happens

Just Friends is a 1993 Belgian-Dutch film. It was directed and produced by Marc-Henri Wajnberg, written by Pierre Sterckx and Alexandre Wajnberg, and starred Josse De Pauw, Ann-Gisel Glass, Charles Berling, and Sylvie Milhaud. Set in Antwerp, Just Friends is about the jazz scene in the 1950s. The film received the André Cavens Award and won three Joseph Plateau Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Wajnberg. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards. The music was written and supervised by Michel Herr and featured saxophonist Archie Shepp. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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