The real treat here is the fabulous original music, sometimes in the background, but more often performed.
Learn to Swim
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Canada · 2021
1h 30m
Director Thyrone Tommy
Starring Thomas Antony Olajide, Emma Ferreira, Saida Ali, Jolly Amoako
Genre Drama, Romance
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This musical meditation on love and loss follows the doggedly private and talented saxophonist Dezi and a vivacious, but less experienced singer named Selma. When the two meet, sparks fly, but their respective emotional baggage and temperaments make the road to romance bumpy at best.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Aparita Bhandari
Just like a jazz tune, the film establishes an image, elaborates on it and brings it back to a more-or-less satisfying close.
The New York Times by Lisa Kennedy
Learn to Swim is lovely to behold, but the sullen artist at the center feels too often like he’s drowning in melancholia and might take us down with him.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Tommy just riffs freely, aping the moody, improvisatory style of classic jazz as he works some rich variations on the all-too-common story of an artist knocked around by a rough romance.
It’s a slight and simple story, but the way it’s folded into the music lends it weight and scale.
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