Film Shoot the Pianist
Charles Aznavour at the piano in a scene from the film.
Directed by François Truffaut
Screenplay by François Truffaut
Marcel Moussy
David Goodis (novel)
Main actors
Charles Aznavour
Marie Dubois
Nicole Berger
Michèle Mercier
Production companies Les Films de la Pléiade
Country of production France
Genre Drama, Thriller
Duration 78 min
Release 1960
Shoot the Pianist is a French film directed by François Truffaut, released in 1960.
Synopsis
Édouard Saroyan is a bar pianist who had been a concert pianist before the tragedy of his wife Thérésa's suicide.
He now leads a life as a bar pianist under the pseudonym Charlie Kohler, between Clarisse, a prostitute friend and Léna.
One fine evening, his brother Chico arrives unexpectedly in the bar after four years of absence. He is pursued by two crazy accomplices with whom he did a bad trick and who attack Édouard.
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