Four seasons, two dreamers, one city.
Welcome to the existential homaging world of Damien Chazelle (WHIPLASH) as Mia (Emma Stone), actress and barista – and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), musician and jazz afficionado, find each other and some love and understanding against the backdrop of a catchy soundtrack and Cinemascope texture.
An Oscar-winner for Best Picture – for about a minute and a half, until it was announced that MOONLIGHT had won due to an envelope mix-up – LA LA LAND is still a hugely entertaining film that wowed the Venice Film Festival audience and went on to big things. JK Simmons – Oscar-winner for WHIPLASH – has a great cameo as Gosling’s piano bar boss.