Shoot the Piano Player

GRADE: 10

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 virtuoso who gives up after his wife’s suicide.

Original Title: Tirez sur le pianiste
Director: François Truffaut
Country of Origin: France