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Shoot The Pianist (Tirez Sur Le Pianiste) (12A)
- Run time: 1 hour 22 mins
- Language: French
- Genre: Thriller / Drama
- Release date: 1st January 1960
- Starring: Charles Aznavour, Nicole Berger, Daniel Boulanger
- Directed by: Francois Truffaut
- Distributor: Gala Film Distributors
Plot Synopsis
Designed by Truffaut as a film to make women cry and men laugh, Shoot The Piano Player, simply baffled many viewers on its 1960 release. An audaciously offbeat and quietly romantic crime comedy, which, like Godard’s A Bout De Souffle, is built on the slightest of storylines.
It tells the tale of a reserved, honky-tonk pianist who falls foul of a pair of hoods, thanks to the exploits of his brother. Perfectly cast in the lead role, French institution, Charles Aznavour makes the haunted, yet quietly humorous pianist one of the most potent and sympathetic characters of the New Wave.
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