Whiplash

Jazz meets Fight Club in a conservatory gone feral. A teen drummer pushes past breaking to meet a tyrant’s demands. The year it proved ambition could burn anyone alive.

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Damien Chazelle directed Whiplash in 2013. See Damien Chazelle's full filmography, where to start with Damien Chazelle, or where to go after you've seen everything by Damien Chazelle.

Whiplash was released in 2013 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 18 minutes.