They Shot the Piano Player

Directed by
Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Duration
104 min.
Year
2023
Language
English, Portuguese, Spanish

By investigating the mysterious disappearance of a virtuoso Brazilian pianist on the eve of the 1976 coup in Argentina, They Shot the Piano Player paints a portrait of the Golden Age of Brazilian jazz and bossa nova before the country fell under the shadow of totalitarianism. An animated and fascinating thriller in which we meet and hear João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento.

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