Presented only in theatres
Misty — The Erroll Garner Story takes us into the life of Erroll Garner, one of jazz’s most iconic legends. He is the genius behind Misty, a popular melody that everyone has heard, but few know the story behind or the man who created it. A virtuoso pianist, Garner achieved immense public success, yet his private life, complex and tumultuous, remains largely unknown.
The film delves into his world, transporting us to post-war America, a time marked by a consumer boom and the Vietnam War. Through carefully selected dialogue, archives, and interviews, Misty reveals Erroll Garner’s personality with a narration carried by his music. Blending black-and-white and color sequences, this documentary offers an intimate and musical perspective on the life of an artist whose talent left an indelible mark on jazz history.
Director’s statement:
I started playing the piano when I was a child. Our father put me and my brother at the piano at a very early age, focusing on classical music, of course, as it should be in a “bourgeois” home. Later, in the seventies, we discovered jazz : Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Rhoda Scott, Dave Brubeck.… But at home we were only allowed to play Mozart or Bach. Jazz was only played in the hidden. One day our dad found the jazz records and broke them. Later, I discovered a pianist who became the greatest for me, whose elegant, flowing, natural and virtuosic playing, I still love and admire : Erroll Garner.
-Georges Gachot
In the presence of director Georges Gachot on March 15th in Montréal.
Misty — The Erroll Garner Story takes us into the life of Erroll Garner, one of jazz’s most iconic legends. He is the genius behind Misty, a popular melody that everyone has heard, but few know the story behind or the man who created it. A virtuoso pianist, Garner achieved immense public success, yet his private life, complex and tumultuous, remains largely unknown.
The film delves into his world, transporting us to post-war America, a time marked by a consumer boom and the Vietnam War. Through carefully selected dialogue, archives, and interviews, Misty reveals Erroll Garner’s personality with a narration carried by his music. Blending black-and-white and color sequences, this documentary offers an intimate and musical perspective on the life of an artist whose talent left an indelible mark on jazz history.
Director’s statement:
I started playing the piano when I was a child. Our father put me and my brother at the piano at a very early age, focusing on classical music, of course, as it should be in a “bourgeois” home. Later, in the seventies, we discovered jazz : Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Rhoda Scott, Dave Brubeck.… But at home we were only allowed to play Mozart or Bach. Jazz was only played in the hidden. One day our dad found the jazz records and broke them. Later, I discovered a pianist who became the greatest for me, whose elegant, flowing, natural and virtuosic playing, I still love and admire : Erroll Garner.
-Georges Gachot
In the presence of director Georges Gachot on March 15th in Montréal.
Overview of some festivals:
Journées de Soleure, Switzerland (2025)
Munich International Documentary Film Festival, Germany (2024)
Film Festival Cologne, Germany (2024)
In-Edit Festival, Spain (2024)
ROKUMENTTI Rock Film Festival, Finland (2024)
Journées de Soleure, Switzerland (2025)
Munich International Documentary Film Festival, Germany (2024)
Film Festival Cologne, Germany (2024)
In-Edit Festival, Spain (2024)
ROKUMENTTI Rock Film Festival, Finland (2024)
| Director | Georges Gachot |
| Director of Photography | Filip Zumbrunn |
| Music director | Martin Steyer |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weissbrich, Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Vögtländer, Vincent Pluss |
In Partnership with
Session
• Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Saturday, march 15, 2025, 07:00 p.m. — 08:40 p.m.
Production
Georges Gachot
Georges Gachot was born in 1962 in France. Georges Gachot has joint Swiss and French citizenship. He studied piano and musicology. He is known for his documentaries on musicians, composers and performers, like “Martha Argerich”, “Evening Talks” (2002) and his quadrilogy on Brazilian music: “Maria Bethânia, Muscia”. “É Perfurme” (2005), “Rio Sonata” (2010) and “O Samba” (2014). With “Where are you, João Gilberto?” (2018) he achieved a new narrative form between fiction and documentary.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team and edited by Le FIFA’s team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team and edited by Le FIFA’s team
Selected films:
Où es tu, João Gilberto? (2018)
O Samba (2014)
L’ombrello di Beatocello (2012)
Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi (2010)
Où es tu, João Gilberto? (2018)
O Samba (2014)
L’ombrello di Beatocello (2012)
Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi (2010)
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