Paris Song (2018)
90 min
Based on a true story, a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, journeys to Paris to compete in an international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo. He meets American songwriter George Gershwin forming a beautiful and unlikely friendship. While Amre’s talent for singing opens up an exciting new world outside Kazakhstan, he is forced to choose between following his singing career and remaining loyal to his home country.
- Release date
- April 5, 2018
- Country of origin
- Kazakhstan, Latvia, United States
Cast
- Ben Aldridge as George Gershwin
- Tom J. Benedict as Irving Berlin
- Philip Brodie as Leonid Sobinov
- Maxim Busel as Jean Weiner
- Abbie Cornish as Lee Abbott
- Yerkebulan Daiyrov as Mustafa Shokay
- Lelde Dreimane as Kiki de Montparnasse
- Elina Gavare as Josephine Baker
- Patrick J. Gorman as Lauritz Melchior
- Telman Guzhevsky as Giovanni Martinelli
Crew
- Jeff Vespa · Director
- Benjamin A. van der Veen · Writer
- Anna Chakirtova · Producer
- Cary Granat · Producer
- Ed Jones · Producer
- Igor Pronin · Producer
- Dave Holden · Composer
- Maksim Osadchiy-Korytkovskiy · Cinematographer
- Matt Chesse · Editor
- Brian Denny · Editor
- Svetlana Ivannikova · Casting director
- Nika Stepanova · Casting director
- Ekaterina Zaletaeva · Production designer