The Marching Band (15)
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Friday 10th October
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The Queen Mother Theatre
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Hitchin Films
- Performance Status: Book
Summary
When acclaimed orchestra conductor Thibaut (Lavernhe) is diagnosed with leukemia, a DNA test to find a bone marrow donor reveals that he is adopted. Thibaut meets his biological brother Jimmy (Lottin), a cook in a school canteen who plays trombone of a local marching band in Lille. When the band loses its conductor, Thibaut steps in as replacement, and the brothers learn more about the circumstances that shaped each other’s lives.
The Marching Band is a 2024 French drama film directed by Emmanuel Courcol from a screenplay by Courcol, Irène Muscari, Oriane Bonduel and Marianne Tomersy.
The film stars Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin as long-lost brothers.
Cast: Jacques Bonnaffe, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco
Director(s): Emmanuel Courcol
Runtime: 103 mins.
French with sub-titles