“They Shot the Piano Player” is more about truth than imagination, but the cross-currents between the two are everywhere. It begins with a book signing.

They Shot the Piano Player directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal discuss how they used animation to tell the story of Tenório Junior.

“They Shot the Piano Player” uses a fictional character to narrate its tale about the mysterious disappearance of an actual person, Brazilian samba-jazz pianist Francisco Tenório Jr. On March ...