The rights to the animated musical function They Shot the Piano Participant have been nabbed by Sony Photos Classics at Cannes. Academy Award-nominated Chico & Rita duo Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal direct from a script by Trueba.
Jeff Goldblum narrates the Bossa Nova-themed function. The official synopsis is described as following “A New York music journalist on a quest to uncover the reality behind the mysterious disappearance of younger Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical motion Bossa Nova, They Shot the Piano Participant captures a fleeting time bursting with inventive freedom at a turning level in Latin American historical past within the 60s and 70s, simply earlier than the continent was engulfed by totalitarian regimes.”
The musically oriented movie touts a workforce of Brazilian musicians together with João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Vinicius de Moraes, and Paulo Moura.
“This movie has been a 15-year investigation of mine into the lifetime of a musical genius, whose life was unjustly taken by the army coup again within the 70s. I’m delighted to have a good time his legacy with the luminous animation of my confederate Javier Mariscal. We are able to’t look forward to the world to find his life and music with our buddies at Sony Photos Classics,” mentioned Trueba.
Oihane Abrisqueta Diaz served as visible results editor whereas Gonzalo Fraguas Bringas served because the assistant animator. Aitor Herrero and Clara León had been storyboard artists.
Trueba PC’s Cristina Huete produced with Serge Lalou for Les Movies d’Ici, Janneke van de Kerkhof for Submarine Chic, and Humberto Santana. Nano Arrieta of Atlantika and Fabien Westerhoff of Movie Constellation government produced.
Neon was the primary to make an acquisition at Cannes with Pablo Berger’s animated function Robotic Goals, based mostly on the graphic novel by Sara Varon.
Sony at the moment plans to launch They Shot the Piano Participant in the course of the upcoming awards season.
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