They Shot the Piano Player (2023)

Directed by

Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba

Genre

animated film

Country

Peru, France, Netherlands, Portugal

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American journalist investigates the disappearance and murder of a Brazilian bossa nova pianist in the 1970s. Through interviews with musicians, the film explores the musician's life and legacy.

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What happens

They Shot the Piano Player (Spanish: Dispararon al pianista) is a 2023 adult animated docudrama film directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. Centred around the real-life disappearance and murder of Brazilian bossa nova pianist Tenório Jr. in 1976, the film stars Jeff Goldblum as Jeff Harris, an American music journalist investigating Tenório's case. The film's soundtrack includes music by João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Vinicius de Moraes and Paulo Moura, with some of the musicians also appearing in the voice cast as themselves testifying about Tenório's importance and influence as part of Goldblum's character investigation. The film had its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 6 September 2023, and was released theatrically in Spain on 6 October 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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