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Shoot the Piano Player is a french film of genre Drama directed by François Truffaut released in USA on 23 july 1962 with Charles Aznavour

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Shoot the Piano Player
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Released in USA 23 july 1962
Length 1h18
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime
Rating73% 3.697543.697543.697543.697543.69754

Shoot the Piano Player (French: Tirez sur le pianiste; UK title: Shoot the Pianist) is a 1960 French crime drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist. It is based on the novel Down There by David Goodis.

Synopsis

A washed-up classical pianist, Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan (Charles Aznavour), bottoms out after his wife's suicide — stroking the keys in a Parisian dive bar. The waitress, Lena (Marie Dubois), is falling in love with Charlie, who it turns out is not who he says he is. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets dragged into the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled.

Actors

Charles Aznavour

(Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan)Marie Dubois

(Léna)Nicole Berger

(Thérèse Saroyan)Michèle Mercier

(Clarisse)Albert Rémy

(Chico Saroyan)
And :
Jean-Jacques Aslanian
Claude Mansard
Daniel Boulanger
Serge Davri
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