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Sylvie's Love

Play trailer 2:20 Poster for Sylvie's Love PG-13 2020 1h 54m Romance Drama Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), who dreams of a career in television, spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war. When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same. Writer/director Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.
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A romance for the ages, Sylvie's Love wraps audiences in the sweet embrace of its old-fashioned romance and celebration of Black love.

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Aisha Harris NPR 02/20/2021
A stylishly moody period drama riffing on love and desire both romantic and professional. Go to Full Review
Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times 02/20/2021
3.5/4
Like the great Douglas Sirk melodramas... "Sylvie's Love" is unabashedly sentimental and just gorgeous to behold - but the difference here is the terrific ensemble cast is primarily Black and Latinx. Go to Full Review
Candice Frederick Insider 01/14/2021
Sylvie's humanity is never marginalized. We feel her joy, her pitfalls, and most importantly her love. We see the same for Robert as well. Go to Full Review
Jillian Chilingerian Offscreen With Jillian 08/30/2023
Sylvie's Love is a soulful film that feels like everything La La Land couldn't accomplish with its characters. Go to Full Review
Brett Doze InSession Film 05/02/2023
At times, it can feel like this film is employing very familiar plot points for a romantic drama. However, it takes those narrative aspects and heightens them where so many others have not. Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/17/2022
4/5
Everything about “Sylvie’s Love” screams classic Hollywood romance. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 2 Success in 1 hour and 54 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Smoking and Some Sexual Content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Joy H 02/22/2024 Extraordinary, just extraordinary. Giving me all the feels from minute one through the credits. See more Denise C 01/14/2024 I thoroughly enjoyed this movie! Even with the ups and down of the main characters relationship - I was rooting for them until the end. And, they didn't disappoint. This is a must-see film! See more isla s 09/02/2022 I enjoyed this film. I thought the two main characters had good chemistry and I enjoyed the music played. It has a good sense of atmosphere throughout. Its a bit sad at times and uplifting at other times but its a thoughtful watch and I'd recommend it, yes. See more 03/04/2022 I love this movie. It's funny, tender, and somewhat sad. Great acting, and sadly true on the racial and economic level. It still is uplifting and says many things about being able to overcome and find happiness even when you face obstacles. See more 01/08/2022 Ummm, ok, so... It wasn't terrible. It was actually entertaining on some level. It was just the story that was so frustrating to watch. I really just didn't like the narrative here. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), who dreams of a career in television, spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war. When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same. Writer/director Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.
Director
Eugene Ashe
Producer
Nnamdi Asomugha, Jonathan Baker, Gabrielle Glore, Matthew Thurm, Eugene Ashe
Screenwriter
Eugene Ashe
Production Co
Iam21 Entertainment, Seven Letter Word Films
Rating
PG-13 (Smoking|Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Romance, Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 23, 2020
Runtime
1h 54m
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