Swing (2003)

But Anthony has the encouragement of several important people around him. There is Bill Verdi, his loving great-uncle (Jonathan Winters), who is determined that Anthony will not meet with the same fate as his musician brother, Anthony's grandfather whom he never knew. Anthony's outrageous bass-playing roommate (Mindy Cohn) knows first-hand the joys and satisfactions of a musician's life. The head of his great-uncle's nursing home (Nell Carter, in her final performance) recognizes Anthony's talent and leads him to an important break.

First and foremost there is Christine, the beautiful older woman (Jacqueline Bisset) he meets in an out-of-this-world forties night club he chances upon, who teaches him to swing dance. From her he also learns that swing is a metaphor for life and that, only if he follows his heart and starts being who he truly is, can real happiness be his.

Along this journey of self-discovery, which includes confronting his father's expectations and coming to the realization that he and his fiancé no longer

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