# Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

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**Original title**: *Tirez sur le pianiste*
**Runtime**: 85 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, Crime
**Directed by**: François Truffaut
**Starring**: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard

> *François Truffaut, Brilliant Director Who Gave You the Award Winning "The 400 Blows", Now Brings to the Screen a Fascinating New Work That Plays in Many Keys...All of Them Delightful!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Midnight. A fogged-over jazz piano in a Paris backroom.

A former prodigy now hides in dive-bar music by day, fear by night.

Truffaut’s playful noir twists hope into hazard—comedy in the chase, tragedy in the keys.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful

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