François Truffaut’s tender and tragic early short Les Mistons screens before the main feature, followed by Shoot the Piano Player. Both films will be presented on 35mm.

Les Mistons (1957)

Director: François Truffaut    Runtime: 18 min    Format: 35mm    Year: 1957

A group of young boys develops a crush on a girl, leading to jealousy toward her boyfriend. They scheme to disrupt their relationship, and when the boyfriend catches one of them spying, he punishes him harshly. In retaliation, the boys attempt to make the girl doubt her boyfriend’s love.

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Director: François Truffaut    Runtime: 92 min    Format: 35mm    Year: 1960

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie’s brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie’s help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape.

Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers — drawing him back into a past he tried to leave behind.