The Pianist
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.
Cast
Jordi Mollà
as Doria 20 años
Pere Ponce
as Rossell 20 / 30 años
Paulina Gálvez
as Teresa 20 / 30 años
Mercè Arànega
as Luisa
Marc Martínez
as Young
Francesc Orella
as Quintana
Vicky Peña
as Sra. Milhaud
Michel Robin
as Floreal
Serge Reggiani
as Rossell mayor
Nadala Batiste
as Teresa mayor