The Piano Teacher
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?
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Drama
2001
131 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Piano Teacher
- Duration : 131 min
- Languages : French, German
- Writers : Michael Haneke, Elfriede Jelinek (novel)
- Directors : Michael Haneke min
- Imdb : 7.4 (34706 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (19675 votes)
- Actors : Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoèt Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Movie Storyline
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?