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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier
Runtime85 min
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Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
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Shoot the Piano Player, François Truffaut's 1960 crime drama, is considered a landmark of the French New Wave cinema. The film received critical acclaim upon its release, with praise for its innovative style and complex characters. Despite its initial divisive reception, it has since been recognized as one of Truffaut's most influential and artistically significant works.
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Shoot the Piano Player is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut that stars Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist with Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, and Michèle Mercier as the three women in his life. It is based on the novel Down There by David Goodis.
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