Shoot the Piano Player

Tirez sur le pianiste, feature film, crime-drama, France, 1960

DIRECTED BY: François Truffaut

Shoot the Piano Player

CAST:
Charles Aznavour (Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan),
Marie Dubois (Léna),
Nicole Berger (Thérese Saroyan),
Michele Mercier (Clarisse)

SCRIPT:
François Truffaut,
Marcel Moussy (based on novel by David Goodis)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Raoul Coutard

MUSIC:
Georges Delerue

EDITING:
Claudine Bouché,
Cécile Decugis

Synopsis:
The protagonist of this film is Charlie Kohler, a piano player, who hides from his own life playing in a bar. Once he was famous for his talent but everything changed after his wife’s suicide. His past will catch up with him when his brother shows up in the bar, on the run from two gangsters.

b/w, 92'

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