Whiplash (2014)

Plot Summary

Andrew dreams of becoming a great jazz drummer and enrolls in a prestigious music academy where he meets Terence Fletcher, a demanding teacher who uses violent and torturous methods to make his students give their best. A gripping story, full of adrenaline, that will give you as much indignation as desire to excel.

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Certification

Sensitive content guide

Awards

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (2016)

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2016

Nominated

Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)

Damien Chazelle

Academy Awards, USA (2015)

Oscar 2015

Winner

Best Achievement in Film Editing

Tom Cross

Oscar 2015

Winner

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Craig Mann Ben Wilkins Thomas Curley

Oscar 2015

Nominated

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Jason Blum Helen Estabrook David Lancaster

Oscar 2015

Nominated

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Damien Chazelle

BAFTA Awards (2015)

BAFTA Film Award 2015

Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Damien Chazelle

BAFTA Film Award 2015

Winner

Best Sound

Thomas Curley Ben Wilkins Craig Mann

BAFTA Film Award 2015

Winner

Best Editing

Tom Cross