Shoot the Piano Player

Tirez sur le pianiste

1960·85'

François Truffaut

DramaThrillerCrime

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #1818

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

Cast

Charles Aznavour Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan Marie Dubois Léna Nicole Berger Thérèse Saroyan Michèle Mercier Clarisse Serge Davri Plyne Claude Mansard Momo Richard Kanayan Fido Saroyan Albert Rémy Chico Saroyan

Jean-Jacques Aslanian Richard Saroyan Daniel Boulanger Ernest

Claude Heymann Lars Schmeel Alex Joffé Passerby

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