They Shot the Piano Player
AnimationDramaHistoryjazzmusicianjazz singer or musicianbased on true storybased on comicmissing personadult animationindependent film
A cerebral, melancholic investigation into a real disappearance during Argentina's dark political period, told through animation and journalistic inquiry.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Harris (voice)
Tony Ramos
João (voice)
Abel Ayala
Claudio Vellejos (voice)
Roberta Wallach
Jessica (voice)
Vinicius de Moraes
Self (archive audio)
João Gilberto
Self (archive audio)
Gilberto Gil
Self (voice)
Milton Nascimento
Self (voice)
Caetano Veloso
Self (voice)
Bebo Valdés
Self (archive audio)
Bud Shank
Self (archive audio)
Roberto Menescal
Self (voice)
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