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They Shot the Piano Player (2023)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Fernando Trueba
  • Profile picture of Jeff Goldblum
    Jeff Harris (voice) Jeff Goldblum
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    João (voice) Tony Ramos
  • Profile picture of Abel Ayala
    Claudio Vellejos (voice) Abel Ayala
  • Profile picture of Roberta Wallach
    Jessica (voice) Roberta Wallach
  • Profile picture of Vinicius de Moraes
    Self (archive audio) Vinicius de Moraes
  • Profile picture of João Gilberto
    Self (archive audio) João Gilberto
  • Profile picture of Gilberto Gil
    Self (voice) Gilberto Gil
  • Profile picture of Milton Nascimento
    Self (voice) Milton Nascimento

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  • musician
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  • based on true story
  • based on comic
  • missing person
  • adult animation
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