2° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Retrospettiva - Nouvelle Vague

Tirez sur le pianiste

Shoot the Pianist
by François Truffaut
Country: France
Year: 1960
Duration: 80'


Biography

film director

François Truffaut

François Truffaut (Paris, France, 1932 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1984), after lackluster studies, various jobs and a short period in a reformatory, was invited by André Bazin to collaborate on “Cahiers du cinéma” in 1953. After making a few shorts, in 1959 his debut feature film, The 400 Blows, made him one of the protagonists of the nouvelle vague alongside Chabrol, Godard, Rivette and Rohmer. This was the start of a long and variegated filmography which made him one of the most famous and influential directors in film history.

FILMOGRAFIA

Les quatre cents coups (I 400 colpi, 1959), Tirez sur le pianiste (Tirate sul pianista, 1960), Jules et Jim (Jules e Jim, 1962), Fahrenheit 451 (id., 1966), La mariée était en noir (La sposa in nero, 1968), La sirène du Mississipi (La mia droga si chiama Julie, 1969), La nuit américaine (Effetto notte, 1973), L’histoire d’Adèle H. (Adele H., una storia d’amore, 1975), L’homme qui aimait les femmes (L’uomo che amava le donne, 1977), La chambre verte (La camera verde, 1978), Le dernier métro (L’ultimo metrò, 1980), Vivement dimanche! (Finalmente domenica!, 1983).

Cast

& Credits

Director: François Truffaut.
Plot: dal romanzo Down There di David Goodis.
Screenplay: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy.
Director of photography: Raoul Coutard.
Editor: Cécile Decugis, Claudine Bouché.
Music: Georges Delerue.
Cast and characters: Charles Aznavour (Edouard Saroyan/Charlie Kohler), Marie Dubois (Léna), Nicole Berger (Thérèse), Albert Rémy (Chico Saroyan), Claude Mansard (Momo), Daniel Boulanger (Ernest), Michèle Mercier (Clarisse), Richard Kanayan (Fido Saroyan), Jean-Jacques Aslanian (Richard Saroyan), Serge Davri (Plyne), Claude Heymann (Lars Schmeel), Alex Joffe (lo sconosciuto).
Production company: Pierre Braunberger per Les Films de la Pléiade.
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