SHOOT THE PIANIST
synopsis
Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. The waitress Lena is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. We will discover that Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, once a virtuose who gives up after his wife's suicide. Charlie now has to deal wih Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fido (his youngest brother who lives with him), and Lena...
international title: | Shoot the Piano Player |
original title: | Tirez sur le pianiste |
country: | France |
year: | 1960 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | François Truffaut |
film run: | 81' |
release date: | UK 21/10/1960, DE 25/11/1960, FR 25/11/1960, SE 30/01/1961, DK 04/04/1961, IT 27/10/1961, FI 13/09/1963, TR 13/04/1973, PT 14/05/1979, ES 04/04/1988, RU 21/10/1994, PL 07/10/2001, GR 23/10/2009, NO 07/03/2012 |
screenplay: | François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy |
cast: | Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger |
cinematography by: | Raoul Coutard |
film editing: | Claudine Bouché, Cécile Decugis |
producer: | Pierre Braunberger |