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Actors: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Daniel Boulanger, Albert Rémy, Boby Lapointe
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shoot the Piano Player |
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SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER is a movie based on a David Goodis novel "Down There" and directed by François Truffaut in 1960.
Edouard Saroyan played by Charles Aznavour was once a famous piano virtuose but, after his wife's suicide, he decides to give up his career. He plays now every night in a cheap Parisian bar under the name of Charlie Koller. One night, Albert Rémy, one of his brothers, asks for Edouard's help. After a robbery, he has double-crossed his partners who are now after him. Soon Aznavour and his new girl-friend Lena are involved in a wild chase that will lead everybody to the Saroyan's family farm for a tragic final.
A little Truffaut pearl.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- bad criminals on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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