Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

A full-fledged song-and-dance musical written and directed by Damien Chazelle, GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH tells the story of two separated lovers, a young jazz trumpeter (Palmer) and an introverted woman (Garcia), who slowly wind their way back into each other’s lives through a series of romances and near-romances punctuated by song. Recasting the MGM musical tradition in a gritty, near-documentary style, the film features all original songs recorded by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and choreography by Kelly Kaleta.

"CAN TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY... HAS STYLE TO BURN. DENSE WITH RESTRAINED EROTICISM. EVOKES A TIME WHEN EVERY LOVE AFFAIR CAME WITH ITS OWN SOUNDTRACK, AND EVERY SONG SEEMED TO BE WRITTEN ONLY FOR US." - The New York Times

"NO MOVIE I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR HAS GIVEN ME MORE JOY." - The Village Voice

"MAGICAL. A SURPRISE AND A DELIGHT. SIMPLY TRANSCENDENT." - Time Out New York

"AN EXUBERANT CELEBRATION." - All Movie Guide/MSN

“A magical amalgam of Jean-Luc Godard, Miles Davis, Morris Engel and "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," helmer Damien Chazelle's "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench” catches you off-guard and keeps you there. It's not every day one finds a black-and-white movie with a score performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra -- or one so umbilically connected to music itself (jazz, mostly), and so simultaneously immersed in observational realism and the conceits of the 1930s musical. A surprise, a delight and a whimsical experiment, it could, despite its rigorous efforts to be noncommercial, end up a bona-fide cult hit.” - John Anderson, Variety