The Pianist (1998)

  • NR
  • 09/13/1998 (CA)
  • Drama
  • 1h 30m

Overview

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.

Mario Gas

Director, Writer

André Grall

Writer

Gustavo Hernández

Writer

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

Novel

Pierre Javaux

Writer

Cast

Jordi Mollà's headshot

Jordi Mollà

Doria 20 años
Pere Ponce's headshot

Pere Ponce

Rossell 20 / 30 años
Paulina Gálvez's headshot

Paulina Gálvez

Teresa 20 / 30 años
Mercè Arànega's headshot

Mercè Arànega

Luisa
Marc Martínez's headshot

Marc Martínez

Young
Francesc Orella's headshot

Francesc Orella

Quintana
Vicky Peña's headshot

Vicky Peña

Sra. Milhaud
Michel Robin's headshot

Michel Robin

Floreal

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