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

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.

noir-tingedromantictragicomicfast-pacedmelancholicunsentimentalwhimsical

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)

Trailer

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