QFT Late: Purple Rain

BBFC RatingQFT Late: Purple Rain

Showing: 26 October 2024

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Sat 26 Oct 2024

Certificate15
Year1984
GenreMusical, Drama
Director(s)Albert Magnoli
Writer(s)Albert Magnoli, William Blinn
LanguageEnglish
CountryUSA
Running Time1HR 51MINS
SeasonBlack History Month 2024

Winner of Grammy and Academy Awards for its pulsating score and celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024, Purple Rain marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as a Minneapolis club musician as alienated as he is talented.

A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero). But another musician, Morris (Morris Day), looks to steal the Kid’s spotlight – and his girl.

This October, for Black History Month, QFT celebrates Black filmmakers, storytellers and creatives who have enriched cinema.