A talented piano tuner (The White Lotus’ Leo Woodall in a breakout role) discovers that the patience and precision that allow him to excel at his day job are even more valuable when moonlighting as a safe cracker. Having scored an Oscar for Navalny, Daniel Roher shifts seamlessly into narrative filmmaking with this jazz-infused crime drama about love, loss, and the lengths we’ll go to for the people who matter most to us.
Daniel Roher
Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno
USA
2025
English
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Credits
Executive Producer
Courtney L. Cunniff, John Friedberg, Andrew Golov, Noah Segal, Christina Piovesan, Robert Ramsey, Mary Ann Waterhouse
Producer
JoAnne Sellar, Lila Yacoub, Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler
Screenwriter
Daniel Roher, Robert Ramsey
Cinematography
Lowell Meyer
Editor
Greg O’Bryant
Production Design
Peter Cosco
Original Music
Will Bates
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