IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY

USA | 2025 | 106 min | col. | English

The parable of Jeff Buckley could provide fodder for novels. A story of predestination, for certain aspects even reincarnation, and an inevitable fate. The more Jeff tried to distance himself from his genius but absent and self-destructive father, the more he ended up following in his lumbering footsteps as if under a spell. Kind and affable, in contrast to his father’s unsociable demeanour, devoted to rock’n’roll (an impossible mix of Nina Simone and Led Zeppelin) as opposed to Jeff’s personal approach to folk music with an ethereal quality. One thing they had in common, an untimely end. From the outset, the film by Amy Berg – who has already dealt with tragic figures, as was the case with Janis: Little Girl Blue – makes its goal clear: to focus on the personal sphere of the artist and those who were close to him, for better or worse. Berg seems to suggest that only by getting to know the man in depth can we find answers to the many questions that still surround Jeff and begin to process the void he left in so many lives. (E.S.)