The Legend of 1900 (1998)

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Writers: 

Alessandro Baricco (monologue Novecento),Giuseppe Tornatore

Cast:
Tim Roth ... Danny Boodmann
Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Max Tooney
Bill Nunn ... Danny Boodmann
Clarence Williams III ... Jelly Roll Morton
Mélanie Thierry ... The Girl
Gabriele Lavia ... Farmer
Peter Vaughan ...'Pops', the Shopkeeper

Genre:Drama Fantasy Music Romance



Plot
The story is told in medias res as a flashforward. Max Tooney, a musician, enters a secondhand music shop just as it's closing, broke and badly in need of money. He only has a trumpet, which he sells for less than he had hoped. Clearly torn at parting from his prized possession, he asks to play it one last time. The shopkeeper agrees, and as the musician plays, the shopkeeper immediately recognizes the song from a broken record master he found inside a recently acquired secondhand piano. He asks who the piece is by, and Max tells him the story of 1900.

The Legend of 1900