The Piano Teacher (aka La pianiste) (2001)
Isabelle Huppert gives a performance of astounding emotional intensity as Erika Kohut, a repressed woman in her late thirties who teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory and lives with her tyrannical mother (Annie Girardot), with whom she has a volatile love-hate relationship. But when one of Erika's students, the handsome and assured Walter Klemmer (Benoit Magimel), attempts to seduce her, the barriers that she has carefully erected around her claustrophobic world are shattered, unleashing a previously inhibited extreme and uncontrollable desire.
Classification: Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Dieter Berner
Director: Michael Haneke
The Piano Teacher (aka La pianiste)
 
Genres:
Drama
Romance

Run Time:
129 Minutes

Awards:
2001 Cannes: Best Actor
2001 Cannes: Best Actress
2001 Cannes: Grand Prize

Subtitles:
English

Languages:
French

Countries:
France

BFI Classification:
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over

Release Date:
27/05/2002

Production Year:
2001

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Colour:
Colour

Special Features:
  • Isabelle Huppert Commentary
  • Interviews with Michael Haneke and Elfriede Jelinek
  • Behind the scenes: post synchronisation
  • Filmographies
  • Theatrical Trailer
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