El Pianista (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. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jordi Mollà, Pere Ponce, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mario Gas
Synopsis of El Pianista
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. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
Complete Cast of El Pianista
- Jordi Mollà - Lluis Doria (age 20)
- Paulina Gálvez - Teresa (age 20-30)
- Serge Reggiani - Albert Rossell (old man)
- Adolfo Fernández
- Dorotea Barcena
- Duna Jove
- Pere Ponce - Albert Rossell (age 25-35)
- Laurent Terzieff - Lluis Doria (old man)
- Walter Vidarte
- Marc Martinez
- Vicky Pena
- Eva Santolaria
- Director(s):
- Mario Gas
- Writer(s):
- Gustavo Hernandez
- Producer(s):
- Maria Luisa Passola
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