“Chico and Rita” Oscar nominees Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal fuse docudrama, animation, and music once again with their latest film, “They Shot the Piano Player.” Centered around the 1976 ...
For their next act, Oscar-nommed toon directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal focus on the disappearance of Brazilian jazz pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior in Argentina in the ’70s. So if you ...
The pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior, on tour in Argentina during the right-wing dictatorship of the 1970s, vanished. This animated feature picks up the trail. By Claire Shaffer When you purchase a ...
“They Shot the Piano Player” uses a fictional character to narrate its tale about the mysterious disappearance of an actual person, Brazilian samba-jazz pianist Francisco Tenório Jr. On March 18, 1976 ...
They Shot the Piano Player is a documentary about Brazilian jazz artist Francisco Tenório Júnior, who went missing in 1976. Spoiler alert, the film uncovers why Tenório Júnior is no longer here.
Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired all rights in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, India, Middle East, Turkey, Southeast Asia (excluding Taiwan and South ...
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up rights to the animated feature They Shot the Piano Player for the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, India, the Middle East, Turkey, Southeast Asia ...
They were all so incredibly young. Caetano Veloso opened Salvador’s Vila Velha Theater, a milestone event for the city, at the age of 21. Pianist Francisco Tenório Jr., the subject of Fernando Trueba ...