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The Piano Teacher (2001)
September 5, 20012h 11mFR
7.3
1.3K votes
Overview
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Director
Michael HanekeWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$6.2M
Revenue
$6.8M
Production Companies
Wega FilmMK2 FilmsLes Films Alain SardeARTE France CinémaBavaria Film InternationalOFI
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CinemaSerf
7.0There are some fairly unnerving strands in this drama that make for uncomfortable viewing at times. “Erika” (Isabelle Huppert) is a rather uncharismatic music professor, still living and sleeping with her mother (Annie Girardot) who finds herself being pursued by the handsome young pianist “Walter“ (Benoît Magimel). Ostensibly, he wants her to guide him through the vagaries of Schubert, but is clearly much more fascinated with her than with her prowess as a teacher. Initially, she dislikes him. She considers she has little to teach this confident, borderline arrogant, young man but he persists…
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