Taking a cue from the genre-melding impulse of the music at its heart, They Shot the Piano Player initially gives every appearance of being pure fiction. The plot of this animated film by Spanish directors Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba follows Jeff Harris (voiced by Jeff Goldblum), a journalist from New York City who’s been commissioned to write a book on bossa nova. Immersing himself in the music in preparation for a trip to Rio de Janeiro, he hears a solo by Brazilian jazz pianist Francisco Tenorio Jr. and gets sidetracked. The innovator of samba jazz, it turns out, disappeared under suspicious circumstances in Buenos Aires just before the 1976 military coup, and Jeff decides to fill in the blanks.
The setup, then, has all the trappings of a detective story, with an amateur sleuth in obsessive pursuit of an unsolved mystery. In Rio, Jeff’s friend João (Tony Ramos...
The setup, then, has all the trappings of a detective story, with an amateur sleuth in obsessive pursuit of an unsolved mystery. In Rio, Jeff’s friend João (Tony Ramos...
- 11/20/2023
- by William Repass
- Slant Magazine
Pinguim Content, MultiVisionnaire Pictures Ink Deal for Tarsila do Amaral’s ‘Tarsilinha’ (Exclusive)
Leading Latin American animation studio Pinguim Content have inked a deal with LA-based sales agent MultiVisionnaire Pictures to represent “Tarsilinha” internationally.
“Tarsilinha” is the award-winning animated children’s feature based on the whimsical worlds created by Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral. The 90-minute long 2D/3D hybrid pic tells the story of an 8-year-old girl who finds herself in a surreal alternate reality full of wonderous creatures and landscapes, all inspired by do Amaral.
A groundbreaking modernist, do Amaral herself took inspiration from Brazilian folklore and folk art and is considered one of Latin America’s leading modernist artists.
Zeca Baleiro (“Achados Não Procurados”) and Zezinho Mutarelli have composed a score a Brazilian baião -inspired score to accompany the visuals.
“Tarsilinha” premiered at the 2021 Shanghai International Film Festival before exhibiting at a number of prestigious festivals including the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Florianópolis International Children’s Film Festival...
“Tarsilinha” is the award-winning animated children’s feature based on the whimsical worlds created by Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral. The 90-minute long 2D/3D hybrid pic tells the story of an 8-year-old girl who finds herself in a surreal alternate reality full of wonderous creatures and landscapes, all inspired by do Amaral.
A groundbreaking modernist, do Amaral herself took inspiration from Brazilian folklore and folk art and is considered one of Latin America’s leading modernist artists.
Zeca Baleiro (“Achados Não Procurados”) and Zezinho Mutarelli have composed a score a Brazilian baião -inspired score to accompany the visuals.
“Tarsilinha” premiered at the 2021 Shanghai International Film Festival before exhibiting at a number of prestigious festivals including the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Florianópolis International Children’s Film Festival...
- 3/11/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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