Catalog Num:
FM-S027-1960
Title:
Shoot the Piano Player
An homage to the American gangster film, Shoot the Piano Player is Truffaut's brilliant follow-up to The 400 Blows. A former concert pianist gives up fame and a career and plays in a run-down Parisian bar. He befriends a waitress who encourages him to resume his career. However, when his gangster brother begs for him to help, the pianist heads down a precarious path of murder, intrigue, and passion. Director: François Truffaut. Actors: Charles Aznavour. Country: France. Black and white. Subject: Paris mafia. Subtitled.