Shoot the Piano Player

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.

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François Truffaut directed Shoot the Piano Player in 1960. See François Truffaut's full filmography, where to start with François Truffaut, or where to go after you've seen everything by François Truffaut.

Shoot the Piano Player was released in 1960 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.