Lena returns later to tell him that he has been exonerated, and that the police have concluded that he killed Plyne as an act of self-defense. Meanwhile, his youngest brother, Fido, has been kidnapped by Momo and Ernest. She leaves him at a house where he meets his brothers, Richard and Chico. Lena drives Charlie to a distant, snow-covered village, to escape the police who are looking for him. Plyne attacks Charlie, but Charlie, in self-defense, grabs a kitchen knife, stabbing and killing Plyne accidentally. Charlie discovers that Lena has been in love with Plyne, the café owner, and she wants to make her former lover jealous. Lena falls in love with him, and wants him to resume his career. Now Charlie seeks anonymity by working in a café, having abandoned his concert career. When Charlie was unable to show that he could forgive her, she fell into despair, and killed herself by jumping out a window of their apartment building. Theresa confessed to him that she was having an affair with his concert promoter, Lars Schmeel.
Despite his successful concert career, he has been troubled by self-doubt, and his wife Theresa had become bored with their marriage.
When the car that the gangsters are driving runs a red light and is stopped by a policeman, Charlie and Lena are able to escape.Ĭharlie Kohler is a former concert pianist, whose real name is Edward Saroyan. They also abduct Lena, a waitress at the same café where Charlie works. They try to offer him money to reveal the whereabouts of his brother, Chico.
When he comes out of the building, Momo and Ernest force him to get into their car. When Charlie looks out the window the next morning, he sees that two men are watching his apartment. Charlie and Clarissa meet at his apartment that night, and make love. Chico comes to the café, and Charlie helps him to escape.Ĭharlie has a girlfriend named Clarissa, who works as a prostitute. Charlie’s brother Chico has been involved in a robbery, and is being pursued by two other criminals, Momo and Ernest, who want their share of the money. The film’s main character is Charlie, a piano player at a Parisian café.
The film was produced by Pierre Braunberger, and directed by François Truffaut. Dialogue and screenplay was by François Truffaut. The cast includes: Charles Aznavour (as Charlie Kohler and Edward Saroyan), Marie Dubois (Lena), Nicole Berger (Theresa), Michèle Merçier (Clarissa), Albert Remy (Chico), and Richard Kenayan (Fido). Shoot the Piano Player ( Tirez sur le Pianiste, 1960) was adapted by François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy from a novel by David Goodis, Down There.
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