Tirez sur le pianiste

by François Truffaut

Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. The waitress, Lena, is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. We will discover that Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, once a virtuose who gives up after his wife's suicide. Charlie now has to deal with Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fido (his youngest brother who lives with him) and Lena…
Country: Francia
Year: 1960
Running time: 92'
Format: 35 mm
Language: francese
Subtitles: italiano
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Marcel Moussy, François Truffaut
Cinematography: Raoul Coutard
Editing: Claudine Bouché, Cécile Decugis
With: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier
Produced by: Les Films de la Pléiade