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198810 minGdoc-short

7.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Chet's Romance

198810 minGdoc-short

7.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Chet Baker performs "I'm a Fool to Want You" in a Parisian studio shortly before his death, capturing the essence of his musical legacy and romance.

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Bertrand Fèvre

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Chet Baker performs "I'm a Fool to Want You" in a Parisian studio shortly before his death, capturing the essence of his musical legacy and romance.

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Bertrand Fèvredirector

Chet Baker

Riccardo Del Fra

Riccardo Del Fracast

Alain Jean-Mariecast

Georges Browncast

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The story of a light ray falling from a music note. It's also a tribute to a musician... It's the music of a legend, the portrait of a romance. Not long before his death, on November 25, 1987 Chet Baker plays "I'm a fool to want you" for the camera of a parisian studio.

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