The piano teacher

The Resource The piano teacher
Label
The piano teacher
Statement of responsibility
Wega Film, MK2 SA, Les Films Alain Sarde présentent ; une coproduction austro-française avec Arte France Cinéma ; un film de Michael Haneke ; scénario et réalisation, Michael Haneke ; producteur, Veit Heiduschka
Title variation
Pianiste
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Language
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • fre
Summary
"In this riveting study of the dynamics of control, Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke takes on Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek's controversial 1983 novel about perverse female sexuality and the world of classical music ... Erika [is] a piano professor at a Viennese conservatory who lives with her mother in a claustrophobically codepenƯdent relationƯship. Severely repressed, she satisfies her masƯochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets Walter, a student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life."--Container
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Awards note
Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Grand Prize of the Jury (Michael Haneke); Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert); Best Actor (Benoît Magimel).
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Christian Berger ; editors, Monika Willi, Nadine Muse
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
  • MPAA rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and for language
  • OFRB rating: R
Language note
In French with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.P534 2017
PerformerNote
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Köndgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Georg Friedrich, Philipp Heiss, William Mang
Runtime
130
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
894
Technique
live action
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