Charlie Kohler

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Charlie Kohler is the shy, reclusive pianist protagonist of François Truffaut’s film "Shoot the Piano Player," whose troubled past and entanglement with criminals drive the movie’s tragicomic narrative.

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
alsoKnownAs Édouard Saroyan
appearsIn Shoot the Piano Player
appearsInFilmBy François Truffaut
associatedWithGenre tragicomedy
associatedWithTheme escape from past
family loyalty
basedOn Édouard from the novel Down There
basedOnWorkBy David Goodis
centralThemeAround failure
guilt
identity
characterArc from withdrawal toward brief emotional openness and back to isolation
characterTrait reclusive
shy
countryOfCitizenship France
creator François Truffaut
entangledWith criminals
familyName Saroyan
linked to: William Saroyan
firstAppearance Shoot the Piano Player (1960 film)
firstAppearanceYear 1960
formerOccupation concert pianist
genreOfWorkAppearedIn French New Wave film
givenName Édouard
hasBackstoryEvent wife’s suicide after his career collapse
hasPast troubled past as a once-famous concert pianist
hasSibling Chico
Fido
Richard
inConflictWith gangsters pursuing his brother
languageOfWorkAppearedIn French
medium film
narrativeFunction drives tragicomic plot
narrativeOutcome returns to playing anonymously in the bar
narrativeRole protagonist
occupation bar pianist
pianist
portrayedBy Charles Aznavour
romanticInterest Léna
linked to: Léa
settingOfActivities Paris bar
toneOfStoryAround comic
melancholic
usesAlias Charlie Kohler

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Shoot the Piano Player character Charlie Kohler
Charlie Kohler usesAlias Charlie Kohler