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The Pianist (1998)
Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the past where the younger Rossell (Pere Ponce) rejoins Teresa (Paulina Galvez) after having spent years in prison for helping anti-Franco anarchists. The story continues into Paris of the '30s, the period when Doria and Rossell first met, sharing a mutual interest in music and Teresa, before civil war sent them in different directions.
Genres:
Drama
Keywords: imdb.friend,
imdb.based-on-novel,
imdb.spanish-civil-war,
imdb.paris-france,
imdb.1930s,
imdb.transvestite,
imdb.catalan + 2 more,
imdb.barcelona-spain,
imdb.love-triangle
Production Companies: Massa d'Or Produccions,
Tornasol Media
Runtime: 90 min.
Released: Sept. 13, 1998
Status: Released
Certification: NR
