La Permission 1968  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Christian Marin, Pierre Doris, Hal Bray, Tria French, Karell Jonathan Beer, Dany Jacquet, George Birt, Jon Carlson
Black American soldier Turner (Harry Baird) is stationed near Paris when he goes on a three-day pass and romances White Parisian shop clerk Miriam (Nicole Berger). When he returns to base, his bigoted captain demotes him in rank, and the relationship with Miriam is not able to win out over its opposing forces.
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 Shoot the Piano Player 1960  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Shoot the Pianist
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michele Mercier, Albert Remy, Claude Mansard, Richard Kanayan, Jean-Jacques Aslanian, Daniel Boulanger, Serge Davri, Catherine Lutz
Charlie (Charles Aznavour) plays the piano in a bar where waitress Lena (Marie Dubois) has fallen in love with him. But Charlie has lived a previous life as a famous concert pianist and has given up on his professional and personal lives following his wife's suicide. Now, his brother, Chico (Albert Remy), arrives at the bar with two gangsters, and events turn violent.
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| 1. La Permission (1968)
aka: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
2. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
aka: Shoot the Pianist
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