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Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
, 1h26Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Erskine Sanford, Marcel Journet, Betty Blythe, Art Smith
In Vienna in the early twentieth century, Lisa (Joan Fontaine), a teenager living in an apartment complex, becomes fascinated by a new tenant, concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Stefan is making a name for himself through energetic performances. Lisa becomes obsessed with Stefan, staying up late to listen to him play, and sneaking into his apartment and admiring him from a distance. Despite her actions, they only meet once and Stefan takes little notice of her.
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
, 1h18Directed by François Truffaut
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Piano, Erotic thriller films
Actors Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Albert Rémy, Jean-Jacques Aslanian
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.
The Competition (1980)
, 2h5Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Piano
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Cali, Priscilla Pointer
Paul Dietrich is an extremely gifted but disillusioned classical pianist running out of time to prove himself. He logically knows it is time to give up his attempts to enter piano competitions and instead accept a salaried position as a music teacher. Paul also needs to help his mother and his seriously ill father, but he decides to travel to San Francisco for an international piano competition. Doing so could cost him his job waiting for him in Chicago; nevertheless, he wants to try his luck for the last time before passing the age limit to compete.
Un soir au club (2009)
, 1h28Directed by Jean Achache
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Piano
Actors Thierry Hancisse, Élise Caron, Marilyne Canto, Anne Kessler, Jean-Paul Bathany, Geordy Monfils
A former jazz pianist visits a jazz club and is drawn back into the jazz scene.
Pianomania (2009)
, 1h33Directed by Robert Cibis, Lilian Franck
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano
The collaborative work between Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Stefan Knüpfer is at the centre of the film. Bach's The Art of Fugue is to be recorded. Pierre-Laurent Aimard has decided in favour of concert grand piano Nr. 109 for the Bach recording. The film begins one year before the recording.
The Blue Note (1991)
, 2h12Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Piano
Actors Sophie Marceau, Marie-France Pisier, Janusz Olejniczak, Féodor Atkine, Aurélien Recoing, Gilles Détroit
Une mise en scène de quelques jours de la vie de Frédéric Chopin et de George Sand, portée par les interprétations au piano de Janusz Olejniczak.
Attila Marcel (2013)
, 1h46Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Piano, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, Bernadette Lafont, Hélène Vincent, Luis Rego, Fanny Touron
Paul, jeune pianiste virtuose de 33 ans amateur de chouquettes, vit avec ses deux tantes aristocrates, Annie et Anna, qui tiennent un cours de danse dont il est le pianiste attitré. Il est muet depuis l’âge de deux ans, où il a vu ses parents, Anita et Marcel, mourir devant lui.
The Castaway (1931)
, 7minutesDirected by Wilfred Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Piano, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Walt Disney
Mickey échoue sur une île déserte. Il découvre un piano et joue de la musique, ce qui a pour effet d'attirer des animaux sauvages.
The Passion of Augustine (2015)
, 1h43Directed by Léa Pool
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about classical music and musicians, Piano, Enfant musicien
Actors Céline Bonnier, Marie Tifo, Lysandre Ménard, Andrée Lachapelle, Valérie Blais, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
Dans les années 60, Mère Augustine dirige un couvent catholique québécois qui abrite une école de jeunes filles. Passionnée de musique, elle a donné aux cours de musique une grande place dans l'enseignement des pensionnaires. Le calme du pensionnat est soudainement brisé par l'arrivée en cours d'année de la nièce de Mère Augustine, Alice Champagne, une pianiste brillante mais une élève turbulente. Et, pour ne rien arranger, le pensionnat est menacé par l'ouverture au Québec de nombreuses écoles publiques gratuites. Mais les sœurs ne comptent pas rester oisives face à la situation.
Avenue Montaigne (2006)
, 1h46Directed by Danièle Thompson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Piano
Actors Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Laura Morante, Claude Brasseur, Sydney Pollack
Jessica has moved from her small Burgundian town of Mâcon to Paris to start a new life, inspired by her grandmother, Madame Roux, who "always loved luxury". In Paris, she initially has trouble finding work, and spends one evening without shelter. She eventually gets a job waitressing in a small café, the Bar des Théâtres, even though the café, following tradition, has never before hired female waiters. The owner hires Jessica only because he is expecting large crowds soon and needs staff. The café is in an area of Paris close by several artistic venues, including the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and a concert hall, on Avenue Montaigne. One of the backstage staff at the theatre, Claudie (Dani), helps to welcome Jessica to Paris.
Four Minutes (2006)
, 1h52Directed by Chris Krâus
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Vadim Glowna, Richy Müller, Nadja Uhl, Jasmin Tabatabai
Traude Krueger (Bleibtreu) is working as a piano teacher in a women's prison. While selecting new students, she meets Jenny Von Loeben (Herzsprung). When she tells her she can't take any lessons because her hands are too rough and she is uncooperative, Jenny becomes enraged and almost kills the prison guard, Mütze (Pippig), also one of Krueger's students. Then she starts playing the piano. Krueger listens from the hallway and, impressed by her talent, later offers Jenny lessons, but requires absolute obedience, including eating a sheet of paper. She tells Jenny never to play 'that kind of negro-music' again.
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
, 1h53Directed by Robert Wiene
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Piano
Actors Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner
Concert pianist Paul Orlac (Conrad Veidt) loses his hands in a horrible railway accident. His wife Yvonne (Alexandra Sorina) pleads with a surgeon to try and save Orlac’s hands. The surgeon transplants the hands of a recently executed murderer named Vasseur. When Orlac learns this, horror obsesses him. He is tortured by the presence of a knife he finds at his house, just like that used by Vasseur, and the desire to kill. He believes that along with the hands he has acquired the murderer's predisposition to violence. He confronts the surgeon, telling him to remove the hands, but the surgeon tries to convince him that a person’s acts are not governed by hands, but by the head and heart.
Dissonance (2015)
, 15minutesOrigin German
Genres Drama, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Piano
Actors Nina Petri
Un musicien de génie vit une vie solitaire dans un monde surréaliste flottant.
Keys to the Heart (2018)
, 2hOrigin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Lee Byung-hun, Park Jung-min, Han Ji-min, Kim Sung-ryung, Choi Ri
Ancien boxeur lessivé, Jo-ha (Lee Byung-hun) doit retourner vivre chez sa mère (Yoon Yeo-jeong ) qui l'avait abandonné et il fait la rencontre de son petit frère, Jin-Tae (Park Jung-min ), un pianiste d’un talent exceptionnel soufrant du syndrome du savant, qu'il ne connaît pas.
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Piano, Films about disabilities
Actors Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish, Charles Dingle
Francis Ingram (Victor Francen) is a noted pianist who lives in a large manor house near a small, isolated Italian village. Ingram suffered a stroke which left his right side immobile, and he has to use a wheelchair to get around. He has retreated to the manor house for the past few years—seen by only a few close friends. These include his nurse, Julie Holden (Andrea King); a musicologist (and amateur astrologist), Hillary Cummins (Peter Lorre); a friend, Bruce Conrad (Robert Alda); and his sister's son, Donald Arlington (John Alvin). Ingram has fallen in love with Julie Holden, and has changed his will so that she receives the vast bulk of his enormous estate when he dies. But Julie is secretly in love with Conrad. The change in the will disinherits Arlington and Cummins, and Cummins tries to expose Holden's affair. Ingram, outraged at the slander on his beloved's good name, tries to choke Cummins to death. Only Julie's arrival (after meeting Conrad in the garden) saves him.