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June 1961, New York. Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans (Anders Danielsen Lie) has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, his musical soulmate. A residency at New York’s Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in a single day. Soon after, LaFaro dies tragically in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing for the first time since childhood. This is the story of what happened next for one of the most influential and gifted figures in 20th century music.
Cutting between Bill’s present and future, his sobriety and intoxication, and his relationships with his family (Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, and Barrie Ward) and on again/off again girlfriend (Elainne Schultz), who shares his taste in music and hard drugs, Grant Gee’s Everybody Digs Bill Evans portrays the inner life and personal impact of a troubled musical genius as he struggles to learn that sometimes an intermission is part of the music.
Content Considerations: Drug & alcohol abuse
Silver Bear for Best Director, Berlinale 2026
Showcase Series Supported by
Grant Gee
Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Barry Ward, Valene Kane
Ireland/UK
2026
English
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Credits
Producer
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher
Screenwriter
Mark O’Halloran
Producer
Piers McGrail
Editor
Adam Biskupski
Production Design
Ellen Kirk
Original Music
Roger Goula
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