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Whiplash (2014) on 20 september 2024
, 1h46Directed by Damien Chazelle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Miles Teller, Melissa Benoist Wood, J. K. Simmons, Austin Stowell, Jayson Blair, Kofi Siriboe
Rating83%
Andrew Neiman is a first-year jazz student at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York. He has been playing drums from a young age and aspires to become one of the greats like Buddy Rich. Famed conductor Terence Fletcher discovers Andrew practicing in the music room late one night and eventually invites him into his studio band as the alternative for core drummer Carl Tanner. Fletcher is abusive toward his students, mocking and insulting them; when the band rehearses the Hank Levy piece "Whiplash" and Andrew struggles to keep his tempo, Fletcher hurls a chair at him, slaps him, and berates him in front of the class.