The Piano Teacher (2001)
- Original title
- La Pianiste
- Directed by
- Michael Haneke
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, erotic thriller
- Country
- Germany, France, Austria
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 1,289 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A repressed piano teacher in Vienna lives with her controlling mother. She begins a sadomasochistic affair with a young student, which unravels her carefully controlled life.
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What happens
The Piano Teacher (French: La Pianiste, lit. 'The (Female) Pianist') is a 2001 erotic psychological drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher (Isabelle Huppert) at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother (Annie Girardot) in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student (Benoît Magimel). A co-production between France and Austria, Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker failed for financial reasons. At the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, it won the Grand Prix, and the two leads, Huppert and Magimel, won Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively. It went on to receive positive reviews and other awards and nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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