Story Overview

La La Land opens on a Los Angeles freeway, where, on a day choked by traffic, a single arrogant honk brings together Sebastian and Mia—two strangers searching for direction in their lives. Both are fiercely devoted to dreams that border on the impossible. Sebastian is determined to make people in the 21st century care again about traditional jazz music, while Mia longs for nothing more than a single uninterrupted audition where she can truly be seen.

Neither believes they will achieve the long-awaited breakthrough on their own. Instead, the real leap they take is toward each other, and into the heart of their artistic aspirations. Their union gives birth to a cinematic world that, by its very nature, pulls the audience into a mesmerizing journey through light, color, sound, music, and words—toward the happiness we chase and the heartbreaks born from passions we can never fully overcome.

With the potential to stand among modern cinema classics, La La Land is a deeply personal and emotionally resonant work directed by Damien Chazelle. It explores intimacy, ambition, and the fragile intersection where personal dreams and life-altering decisions meet fate, creating a universe that feels both profoundly real and irresistibly magical.