

They Shot the Piano Player
2023-10-06 · 104 min · ★ 6.6
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Production companies
- Fernando Trueba PC, Julián, Piker y Fermín, Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée, Animanostra, Submarine, Tondero, Gao Shan Pictures, ARTE France Cinéma, TVE, Movistar Plus, TV3, RTP
- Countries
- France, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 336,593
Top Cast
Jeff GoldblumJeff Harris (voice)
Tony RamosJoão (voice)
Abel AyalaClaudio Vellejos (voice)
Roberta WallachJessica (voice)
Vinicius de MoraesSelf (archive audio)
João GilbertoSelf (archive audio)
Gilberto GilSelf (voice)
Milton NascimentoSelf (voice)
Caetano VelosoSelf (voice)
Roberto MenescalSelf (voice)
João DonatoSelf (voice)
Alejandra FlechnerDõna Haydee (voice)
Stephen HughesJohn Rowles (voice)
Angela RabelloSuzana de Moraes (voice)
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