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The Pianist(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-09-13
78%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
This music-themed drama is set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the past, where the younger Rossell rejoins Teresa 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.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
Massa d'Or Produccions
Movie: The Pianist
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jordi Mollà
Doria 20 años
Pere Ponce
Rossell 20 / 30 años
Paulina Gálvez
Teresa 20 / 30 años
Mercè Arànega
Luisa
Marc Martínez
Young
Francesc Orella
Quintana
Vicky Peña
Sra. Milhaud
Michel Robin
Floreal
Serge Reggiani
Rossell mayor
Nadala Batiste
Teresa mayor
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Overview
This music-themed drama is set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the past, where the younger Rossell rejoins Teresa 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.
Release Date
1998-09-13
Average
7.833
Rating:
3.9 startsTagline
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Languages:
Español
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