The Piano Teacher
In her early forties and single, Erika lives with her overprotective and controlling mother in a hermetically sealed world of love-hate and dependency, where there is no room for men. Her sex life consists of voyeurism and masochistic self-injury. Lonely and alienated, Erika finds solace by visiting sex shops and experimenting with masochism. At a recital, she befriends Walter, a handsome young man, whom she seduces and with whom she begins an illicit affair.
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17 May 1954, Vienna, Austria
1972, Mödling, Austria
22 June 1929, Berlin, Germany
13 April 1978, Bolzano, Alto Adige, Italy
6 July 1980, Paris, France
30 January 1967, Bronx, New York, USA
15 November 1960, Hamburg, Germany
1958, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
25 June 1953, Trier-Eitelsbach, Germany
24 May 1941, Arad, Romania
25 October 1931, Paris, France
17 September 1969, Rum, Tyrol, Austria
10 July 1952, Vienna, Austria
31 October 1966, Vienna, Austria
February 13, 2003
If genital mutilation, rape, incest and twisted acts of sexual gratification are your thing, then this is the film for you. Any takers?
January 30, 2003
It's a harrowing, difficult film that's only for the most adventurous art-house movie fans.
November 20, 2002
[Isabelle Huppert] outdoes herself.
July 28, 2006
A film of Artaudian cruelty, and a boundary-breaker in the cinema's exploration of its own erotic and artisanal id.
August 16, 2002
It is as unlikely that you have ever seen another movie like The Piano Teacher as it is that you will ever want to see another one.
February 10, 2010
[Huppert gives] the single finest performance I have ever seen her give, and therefore almost by default one of the best of the decade.
July 20, 2002
A striking, brilliant film with extraordinary performances -- and Huppert's acting is heartrending.
September 19, 2002
It is depressing, ruthlessly pained and depraved, the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound.
August 13, 2004
A revolting and shocking work devoid of redemption and purpose.
August 30, 2002
A gripping psychological thriller that, while lacking the power of Funny Games, is still the work of a master.
June 21, 2002
Is like The Graduate remade by David Lynch; it's no picnic to watch, but you can't look away.
November 04, 2002
This is a penetrating, deeply disturbing examination of desire and loneliness, of desperation and self-denial.
