Plot
"The Kid" (Prince) is an aspiring and talented, but troubled Minneapolis musician with a difficult home life in which he avoids his house every chance he gets by spending his time rehearsing with his band during the day and performing at night. Kid meets an aspiring young singer named Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero) and they become romantically involved. The plot centers on The Kid trying not to repeat the pattern of his abusive father (Clarence Williams III) and keep his band, The Revolution, and his relationship with Apollonia, together. His main antagonist is fellow musician Morris Day and his group The Time who are seeking a way to expel Kid from the First Avenue nightclub where both bands perform on a nightly basis. Apollonia comes in the way of both when Morris offers her a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to form and perform in her own band called the Apollonia 6.
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