THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
NYC PREMIERE Thirteen years after their Oscar-nominated animated collaboration Chico & Rita, Spanish artists Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal reunite to explore the origin story of bossa nova, the universally beloved Brazilian music movement. With gorgeous hand-drawn frames and vivid colors, THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER examines the 1976 disappearance of Brazilian piano virtuoso, Francisco Tenório Júnior as the totalitarian movement sweeping Latin American began clamping down on artists and those fighting for the freedom of expression that connects all peoples. – Jaie Laplante
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