They Shot the Piano Player | Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal

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Trueba's latest film screening at the San Sebastian film festival

Filmmaker Fernando Trueba, of the Oscar-nominated feature Chico & Rita (2012), will present his latest project, They Shot the Piano Player, directed alongside Javier Mariscal in the fest’s Special Screening sidebar. The film, narrated by the voice of Jeff Goldblum, follows the figure of Brazilian musician Tenorio Jr. during the early days of the musical movement known as bossa nova.

THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
FERNANDO TRUEBA (SPAIN), JAVIER MARISCAL (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
Special Screenings
Not in competition
A music journalist from New York sets out on a frantic investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Brazilian pianist Tenorio Jr, regular accompanist of Vinicius de Moraes, among others. This animated thriller moving to the beat of jazz and bossa nova portrays the days immediately before the Latin American continent was enshrouded by totalitarian regimes.

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