Keyword: playing piano

Tristana

7.6

1970

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Shortly after her mothers death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.

Grand Piano

5.9

2013

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A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played.

Topsy-Turvy

7.4

1999

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Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.

The Kiss of the Vampire

6.4

1963

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When car trouble strands a honeymooning couple in a small Southern European village, an aristocratic family in the area reaches out to help them with sinister consequences.

The Piano Lesson

8

1995

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1930s Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim \my half of the piano\, a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and \no longer have to work for someone else\ involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.

Have a Song on Your Lips

7.1

2015

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Yuri Kashiwagi was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto Islands from Tokyo. There, she begins to work as a temporary teacher at a middle school and an adviser of the school chorus. The chorus aims to take part at a competition. Yuri gives the chorus members an assignment - to write a letter with the title of To myself 15 years later upon a song that they will sing at the competition.

Syncopation

6.5

1942

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Covering a quarter-century of American syncopated music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues. Prior to the making of the film RKO held a contest for the readers of The Saturday Evening Post to vote on the musicians to make up the All-American Dance Band featured in the film; the magazines readers chose, in the above-the-title listing: Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Jack Jenney. Gene Krupa, Alvino Rey, Joe Venuti, and singer Connee Boswell.

Sincerely Yours

6.4

1955

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Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly in love with him, and a date at Carnegie Hall. On concert night, disease deafens him. While medical science works on a cure, he must find other ventures. He learns lip reading and, using high-powered binoculars, eavesdrops on conversations in the park. When he finds people in need, he plays God, interceding with help. Meanwhile, his fiancée is falling in love with another man, his secretary quits, and his doctors give him new hope. Carnegie Hall and true love may be within reach.

If You Could See What I Hear

5

1982

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A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.

The Bloodstained Butterfly

6.1

1971

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A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughters best friend.

Johann Mouse

6.5

1953

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At the home of Viennese composer Johann Strauss, lived Johann Mouse. Whenever the composer played his waltzes, the mouse would dance to the music, unable to control himself. One day, when Strauss was away, the housecat played his masters music. This forced the mouse to dance, providing the cat with a chance to pounce on him. When word got out about a piano-playing cat and a dancing mouse, they were commanded to perform for the emperor.