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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Charlie Kohler canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ