Amoeba Music

A week in the life of a struggling young singer-songwriter as he tries to make it big in New York's folk scene of the early 1960s. In the midst of a relentless New York winter, with no job, money, or place to live, down-on-his-luck musician Llewyn Davis spends his days flicking through his address book trying to find a bed, or a floor for the night. If things weren't bad enough, his musical partner has ended it all by jumping off of a bridge, and his lover Jean, who just happens to be the wife of his best friend Jim, has told him that she's pregnant and wants an abortion. In a last ditch bid to shed his hand-to-mouth existence, Davis, with his ever-present pet cat in tow, sets out on a road trip to Chicago in the hope of resurrecting his music career by impressing local promoter Bud Grossman.

Special Features:

• Making of featurette