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They Shot the Piano Player (2023) · Cineora

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A FERNANDO TRUEBA FILM

They Shot the Piano Player

20231h 44mPG-13Movie

AnimationDramaHistory

IMDb6.7/ 10 · 1.1K votes

THE STORY

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

Melancholic
Thought-provoking
Bittersweet
Music
True story
Mythology

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Moderate
Complexity: Some focus

Good for watching alone and talking about after.

DirectorFernando Trueba · Javier Mariscal

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.6 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Jeff GoldblumJeff Harris (voice)

Tony RamosJoão (voice)

Abel AyalaClaudio Vellejos (voice)

Roberta WallachJessica (voice)

Vinicius de MoraesSelf (archive audio)

João GilbertoSelf (archive audio)

Gilberto GilSelf (voice)

Milton NascimentoSelf (voice)

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