FILM

Shoot The Piano Player

A washed-up classical pianist, Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan (Charles Aznavour), bottoms out after his wife'ssuicide — stroking the keys in a Parisian dive bar. The waitress, Lena (Marie Dubois), is falling in love with Charlie, who it turns out is not who he says he is. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets dragged into the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled.

Shoot The Piano Player
Released:
November 25, 1960

Cast:

Charles Aznavour
Marie Dubois
Nicole Berger
Michèle Mercier
Albert Rémy

Director:
François Truffaut

Producer:
Pierre Braunberger

Written by:
François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy

Distributor:
Les Films du Carrosse

Budget:
890 thousand

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
92 percent