# Whiplash (2013)

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**Runtime**: 18 min
**Genres**: Drama, Music
**Directed by**: Damien Chazelle
**Written by**: Damien Chazelle
**Starring**: Johnny Simmons, J.K. Simmons, Nate Lang, C.J. Vana, Honora Javier, Omari Grayson

> *Suffering is the soul of greatness.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: raw, uplifting

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