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They Shot the Piano Player

2023 · 104 min

A warm, jazzy investigative journey that slowly uncovers a political tragedy, blending music and melancholy.

Genres
Animation, Drama, History
Overview
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.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Mystery, music, justice, memory
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • music
  • justice
  • memory
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, drama, history
Directed by
Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Written by
Fernando Trueba
Starring
Jeff Goldblum, Tony Ramos, Abel Ayala, Roberta Wallach, Vinicius de Moraes, João Gilberto, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento
Runtime
104 min
Country
France, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain
Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish

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