Bibliograph

Shoot the piano player, Les Films de la Pléiade, a film by François Truffant ; producer, Pierre Braunberger ; director, François Truffaut

Type

Label

Shoot the piano player, Les Films de la Pléiade, a film by François Truffant ; producer, Pierre Braunberger ; director, François Truffaut

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Shoot the piano player

Oclc number

61928081

Responsibility statement

Les Films de la Pléiade, a film by François Truffant ; producer, Pierre Braunberger ; director, François Truffaut

Runtime

Series statement

The Criterion collection ;

Summary

Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. Lena, a waitress at the bar, is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is being chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. But Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, who was once a virtuose who gave up playing after his wife's suicide. Charlie now has to deal wih Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fido (his youngest brother who lives with him), and Lena. Charlie ends up stumbling into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Tirez sur le pianiste

Classification