Down-on-his-luck drummer Mauro flees a trail of bad decisions and lands on his sister Isa’s couch in Boston. With no money and nowhere to go, he begins busking as a bucket drummer. As playing on the streets brings small wins, he falls back in love with the freedom and pounding momentum that made him chase music in the first place.

From Danny Madden, director of 2020's highly acclaimed Sundance entry, BEAST BEAST (CIFF 2020), DOWNBEAT is set to the rhythms of the street, resulting in a raw, relentlessly high-energy portrait of an artist using music as escape, and the collateral damage left behind when movement replaces growth.