The Pianist (1998)
Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the past where the younger Rossell (Pere Ponce) rejoins Teresa (Paulina Galvez) after having spent years in prison for helping anti-Franco anarchists. The story continues into Paris of the '30s, the period when Doria and Rossell first met, sharing a mutual interest in music and Teresa, before civil war sent them in different directions.
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- Mario Gas
Writing:
- Gustavo Hernández
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
- Pierre Javaux
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Release Date: 1998-09-13
7.0/10
- Country: ES
- Language: Español
- Runtime: 90