They're selling music but not selling out.
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.
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Classical in form, intimate, effortless and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Filipe Manuel Netoon TMDB · May 20239/10
**An animated film, full of rebellion and energy.** Remember the stores that sold music records and CDs? There are still some, and the rebirth of vinyl, very recent, has allowed a certain rebirth of the commercial sector, somewhat in response to the massification and popularization of music in “streaming” and digital downloads that we already have as something common in our lives. This film is about a store open 24 hours a day, with spaces to sell and listen to music. It is managed by young people, with young employees, an idiot owner and a manager who dreams of buying the space. It turns out that one of the employees decided to go to a casino and lost all the money saved for that project. The action takes place the day after the incident. In addition to the fate of the store and its employees, which is at stake, each one lives their own story, has characteristics and personality. Incidentally, the entire construction and development of the story and characters is one of the most positive aspects of the film. We have a young teenager who particularly wants to lose her virginity but has serious problems with amphetamines, an aspiring art major, a crook with a complicated childhood,
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Cast
- Liv TylerCorey Mason
- Johnny WhitworthA.J.
- Renée ZellwegerGina
- Robin TunneyDebra
- Anthony LaPagliaJoe Reaves
- Rory CochraneLucas
- Ethan EmbryMark
- Maxwell CaulfieldRex Manning
- Debi MazarJane
- Brendan Sexton IIIWarren
Crew
- Allan MoyleDirector
- Carol HeikkinenScreenplay
- Walt LloydDirector of Photography
- Michael ChandlerEditor
- Tony LudwigProducer
- Arnon MilchanProducer
- Michael G. NathansonProducer
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