Shoot the Piano Player
Tirez sur le pianiste
François Truffaut, Brilliant Director Who Gave You the Award Winning "The 400 Blows", Now Brings to the Screen a Fascinating New Work That Plays in Many Keys...All of Them Delightful!
Overview
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
- Production
- Les Films de la Pléiade
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Cast
Charles Aznavour
Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Marie Dubois
Léna
Nicole Berger
Thérèse Saroyan
Michèle Mercier
Clarisse
Serge Davri
Plyne
Claude Mansard
Momo
Richard Kanayan
Fido Saroyan
Albert Rémy
Chico Saroyan
Daniel Boulanger
Ernest
Alex Joffé
Passerby
Boby Lapointe
Le chanteur
Laure Paillette
La mère (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
Concierge (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Producers
- Pierre Braunberger
- Cinematography
- Raoul Coutard
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
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Steve
October 3, 2018
noiroftheweek.com : This isn't the golden age of film noir right now. Nearly every crime film released has critics noting their "noir look" or style. The latest crime films have more to do with comic books and video games than old classic noir. Having a young actor stand in the rain with a fedora looking all squinty and gloomy isn't noir. Bleak Nordic crime TV shows are probably the closest you're going to get now a days. But nothing from the left coast convinces me that film makers even watc…