Netflix has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming limited series The Eddy, which comes from the writer and director of Whiplash and La La Land, Damien Chazelle. This filmmaker sure does love jazz, and it seems to be the main inspiration behind this new series.
The Eddy is an eight-episode drama that takes place “in the vibrant multicultural neighborhoods of modern-day Paris. Once a celebrated jazz pianist in New York, Elliot Udo (André Holland) is now the co-owner of struggling club The Eddy, where he manages the house band fronted by lead singer and on-again-off-again girlfriend Maja (Joanna Kulig).”
As Elliot learns that his business partner Farid (Tahar Rahim) may be involved in some questionable practices at the club, “secrets begin to come to light that have also been concealed from Farid’s wife, Amira (Leïla Bekhti). When Elliot’s troubled teenage daughter Julie (Amandla Stenberg) suddenly arrives in Paris to live with him, his personal and professional worlds quickly start to unravel.”
The teaser follows Elliot Udo as he walks down a Parisian street and he meets his daughter and walks into a club as text appears: “Music beats rejection, sorrow, despair, hardship, everything.”
The Eddy is set to debut May 8 on Netflix.