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They Shot the Piano Player (2023) — Ligoscope

They Shot the Piano Player

Film · 2023

They Shot the Piano Player

104 min · Directed by Fernando Trueba · PG-13

Animation Drama History

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New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

Cast

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Harris (voice)

Tony Ramos

Tony Ramos

João (voice)

Abel Ayala

Abel Ayala

Claudio Vellejos (voice)

Roberta Wallach

Roberta Wallach

Jessica (voice)

Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Self (archive audio)

João Gilberto

João Gilberto

Self (archive audio)

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Self (voice)

Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

Self (voice)

Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Self (voice)

Bebo Valdés

Self (archive audio)

Bud Shank

Self (archive audio)

Roberto Menescal

Roberto Menescal

Self (voice)

Carmen Magalhäes

Self (voice)

João Donato

João Donato

Self (voice)

Umberto Contardi

Self (voice)

Alejandra Flechner

Alejandra Flechner

Dõna Haydee (voice)

Stephen Hughes

Stephen Hughes

John Rowles (voice)

Angela Rabello

Angela Rabello

Suzana de Moraes (voice)

Toquinho

Toquinho

Self (voice)

Mutinho

Self (voice)

Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

Self (voice)

Ferreira Gullar

Ferreira Gullar

Self (voice)

Edu Lobo

Edu Lobo

Self (voice)

Paulo Moura

Self (voice)

Crew

Director: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Producer: Serge Lalou, Bruno Felix, Sophie Cabon, Janneke van de Kerkhof, Humberto Santana, Ulrik Frémont, Juan Carlos Concha Riveros, Femke Wolting
Writer: Fernando Trueba
Editor: Arnau Quiles
Sound: Xavi Andreu

Details

Studios: Fernando Trueba PC, Julián, Piker y Fermín, Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée
Countries: France, Netherlands, Peru
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Certification: PG-13
Release: October 6, 2023

Themes

jazzmusicianjazz singer or musicianbased on true storybased on comicmissing personadult animationindependent film

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