"Love is instrumental"
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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Ethan Hawke
Chet Baker
Carmen Ejogo
Jane/Elaine
Callum Keith Rennie
Dick
Stephen McHattie
Dad
Janet-Laine Green
Mom
Tony Nappo
Officer Reid
Janine Theriault
Florence
Tony Nardi
Nicholas
Katie Boland
Sarah
Dan Lett
Danny Friedman
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