A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 13, 1998
Original Title:
El pianista
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Massa d'Or Produccions
Tornasol Films
Production Countries:
Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
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.
Art Direction:
Pep Oliver
Assistant Art Director:
Bernat Puig
Best Boy Grip:
Eduard Aguiló
Boom Operator:
Isaac Bonfill
Murielle Damain
Camera Operator:
Enric David
Andreu Rebés
Casting:
Gérard Moulévrier
Consol Tura
Costume Design:
María Araujo
Costumer:
Mireia Llatge
Director:
Mario Gas
Director of Photography:
Tomàs Pladevall
Dolby Consultant:
Jaume Puig
Editor:
Raúl Román
Electrician:
Charly Guerrero
Javier Guerrero
First Assistant Director:
Eric Pinatel
Alain Sens-Cazenave
Foley Artist:
Kiku Vidal
Gaffer:
José Luis Rodríguez
Hairstylist:
Alain Barnasson
María Pérez
Key Makeup Artist:
Montse Boqueras
Makeup Artist:
Cesár Morcillo
Evaristo Ortiz
Music:
Carles Santos
Negative Cutter:
Cecilia Zamora
Novel:
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Post-Production Manager:
Joan Sebastiá Marti
Producer:
Gerardo Herrero
Isona Passola
Production Assistant:
Jordi González
Agnès Moreau
Oriol Subirana
Production Coordinator:
Mercedes Bellido
Production Manager:
Pierre Javaux
Isidro Terraza
Props:
Carlos Grané
Script Supervisor:
M. José Marcia
Second Assistant Camera:
Javier Arrontes
Second Assistant Director:
Frédéric Benzaquen
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo
Set Dresser:
Roger Subirachs
Sound:
Albert Manera
Sound Editor:
Mario Lorenzo
Marisol Nievas
Sound Mixer:
Ricard Casals
Steven Ghouti
Special Effects:
Poli Cantero
Still Photographer:
Luis Miguel Palomares
Wardrobe Master:
Luis G. Zarroca
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