Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- Original title
- Tirez sur le pianiste
- Directed by
- François Truffaut
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film, comedy drama, neo-noir
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 441 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A pianist with a tragic past discovers his wife's affair led to his career. After her suicide, he hides under a new name and plays in a bar until his brothers' crime brings danger to him and his new girlfriend.
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What happens
Shoot the Piano Player (French: Tirez sur le pianiste; UK title: Shoot the Pianist) is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut that stars Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist with Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, and Michèle Mercier as the three women in his life. It is based on the novel Down There by David Goodis. In the film, a professional pianist learns that he owes his entire career to his wife's affair with a talent agent. Following his wife's suicide, the widower starts using a pseudonym and finds work in a bar. When his brothers steal the loot of gangsters, the pianist and his new love interest are targeted for kidnapping. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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