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A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.

This Prohibition-era fable swaps typical gangster violence for a rhythmic, soulful pulse driven by jazz and blues. It trades standard crime tropes for a stylized musicality that feels more like a living song than a traditional period piece.

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