Shut Up and Play the Piano

Sep 20, 2018

1h 21m

★ 7.2

Overview

The documentary follows Chilly Gonzales from his native Canada to late '90s underground Berlin, and via Paris to the world's great philharmonic halls. Diving deep into the dichotomy of Gonzales' stage persona, where self-doubt and megalomania are just two sides of the same coin.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

Rapid Eye Movies

Gentle Threat

ZDF/Arte

Shut Up and Play the Piano Trailers

Cast

Self

Chilly Gonzales

Self

Peaches

Self

Leslie Feist

Self

Sibylle Berg

Self

Jarvis Cocker

Self

Cornelius Meister

Chilly Gonzales

Kleber Valim

Female Alter Ego

Lena Buhl

Cameo-Double

Sebastian Herrmann

Chilly Gonzales Double

Steffen Jürgens

Angelika Strahser

Chilly Gonzales Double

Victoria Maria Rehm

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