Saxo

Adapted from a novel by coscreenwriter Gilbert Tanugi, SAXO follows the misfortunes of a young Parisian music producer, Lanvin. As the film opens, Lanvin is seriously in debt to a loan shark named Rosen. When he can't pay up, Rosen's men set fire to a truck used by Lanvin and the punk band he's managing. Lanvin then learns the band has cut a deal with Rosen behind his back, so he dumps them. His faith in music is soon restored, however, when he hears Americans Joe and Puppet Bennet (Brooks and Busia) play their jazzy blues in a black nightspot--he on sax, she on guitar and vocals. Their manager (Pollard) tells Lanvin he can sign the black duo if he pays Pollard 5,0...