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Feb 23, 2024 · Reviews. They Shot the Piano Player. Animation. 104 minutes ‧ 2024. Matt Zoller Seitz. February 23, 2024. 5 min read. Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, who co-directed “They Shot the Piano Player,” first encountered the work of the film’s subject, Brazilian keyboardist Francisco Tenorio Júnior, in a record store twenty years ago.
A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova, They Shot The Piano Player captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning point in...
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- Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- PG-13
- Drama, Music, Animation, Musical
Feb 22, 2024 · Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba’s “They Shot the Piano Player” is an astoundingly vibrant animated project, fitting for its subject matter: the history and legacy of Brazilian bossa...
- Claire Shaffer
- Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Sep 14, 2023 · Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s animated documentary about the 1976 disappearance of pianist Francisco Tenorio Jr. demands your absolute attention with its encyclopedic index of talking ...
Sep 19, 2023 · ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: A Deeply Felt Portrait of a Virtuoso Who Wandered Into the Crosshairs of a Police State. ‘Chico & Rita’ helmers Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal...
They Shot the Piano Player chronicles Francisco Tenório Jr.'s musical legacy and murder at the hands of complicit dictatorial regimes.
Sep 13, 2023 · ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: When Breezy Bossa Nova Met Deadly Fascism, Told ‘Chico & Rita’-Style. For their next act, Oscar-nommed toon directors Fernando Trueba and Javier...
