A broken jazz legend, a daughter he never knew, and one last chance to feel the music again.
TITUS is the story of a virtuoso African-American jazz musician whose damaged soul has brought him to the status of a nobody. Living in London, far from home, he’s wasting away, estranged from his one true love, his vintage alto sax. All hope looks lost until a visitor arrives, Jessica, the daughter he abandoned as a baby…
Acting
Ron Cephas Jones devastates—every silence screams
Score
Live jazz performances, raw and unpolished
Direction
London's grey loneliness as emotional prison
Director
Charlie Cattrall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones are real father and daughter, making their on-screen reunion devastatingly authentic.
The film explores the rarely depicted experience of Black American jazz musicians who expatriated to Europe seeking artistic freedom—only to find new forms of isolation.
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