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Grand Piano (2013)

Grand Piano poster
Directed by
Eugenio Mira
Genre
drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
United States, Spain
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 547 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pianist with stage fright returns for a major concert. A sniper threatens to kill him if he misses a single note.

suspensefultenseclaustrophobichigh-stakesmethodicalnoirishcat-and-mouseanxiety-inducing

What happens

Grand Piano is a 2013 Spanish English-language thriller film directed by Eugenio Mira, written by Damien Chazelle, and starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack. The film is about a once-promising pianist returning for a comeback performance, only to be the target of a sniper who will kill him if he plays one wrong note. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on 20 September 2013 and was given a VOD release on 30 January 2014. It was given a limited release in American theatres on 7 March. Grand Piano was Alex Winter's first non-cameo film role since 1993's Freaked. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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