The Piano Teacher

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Awards

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Nominated - Golden Palm

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Won - Best Actor

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Won - Best Actress

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Won - Grand Prize of the Jury

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Nominated - Golden Palm

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Won - Best Actor

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Won - Best Actress

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Won - Grand Prize of the Jury

Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Foreign Film

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The Piano Teacher

Director:
Michael Haneke
R, 131 Minutes
 

At A Glance

Film Synopsis

Erika (Isabelle Huppert) teaches classical piano in a cold and often abrasive style. Approaching middle age, she lives with her doting mother (Annie Girardot) and still sleeps in the same bed with her.

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Details

Runtime:
131 min.

Genre:
Drama

Countries:
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
GERMANY
POLAND

Language:
French

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

Plot Summary

Erika's social life consists of occasionally sneaking away to a peep show where she secretly comes into contact with perverse passion, often using the discarded trash of previous customers.  Her beautiful piano playing seduces youthful Walter (Benoit Magimel), who then takes the instructor's advanced class. Walter reveals his desire during a class session. Erika reacts curiously, presenting a long list of cruel, humiliating sexual acts she would like him to perform on her. Meanwhile, the teacher also torments a talented student (Anna Sigalevitch) who is already plagued by her own fears.

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