Shoot the Piano Player

A pianist bottoms out after his wife's suicide, stroking the keys in a dive bar. When his brothers are in trouble, he is forced back into the family he fled. A washed-up classical pianist, Charlie Koller/Eduard Saroyan, bottoms out after his wife's suicide — stroking the keys in a Parisian dive bar. The waitress, Lena, is falling in love with Charlie, who it turns out is not who he says he is. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets dragged into the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled.

Keywords

  • Beste Romanverfilmung
  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • Meisterwerke der 60er
  • Focus: François Truffaut
  • Nouvelle Vague
  • nature

Actors

  • Charles Aznavour
  • Michèle Mercier
  • Richard Kanayan
  • Claude Heymann
  • Claude Mansard
  • Albert Rémy
  • Nicole Berger
  • Serge Davri
  • Bobby Lapointe
  • Daniel Boulanger
  • Jean-Jacques Aslanian
  • Alice Sapritch
  • Marie Dubois
  • Laure Paillette

Director

  • François Truffaut

Timeless


1h 25min


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FR

France
1960
A pianist bottoms out after his wife's suicide, stroking the keys in a dive bar. When his brothers are in trouble, he is forced back into the family he fled.

A pianist bottoms out after his wife's suicide, stroking the keys in a dive bar. When his brothers are in trouble, he is forced back into the family he fled.


A washed-up classical pianist, Charlie Koller/Eduard Saroyan, bottoms out after his wife's suicide — stroking the keys in a Parisian dive bar. The waitress, Lena, is falling in love with Charlie, who it turns out is not who he says he is. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets dragged into the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled.

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