The Piano Teacher [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]
Director: Michael Haneke Cast: Isabelle Huppert , Benoit Magimel , Annie Girardot , Susanne Lothar , Udo Samel
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(Special Edition / Wide Screen / Restored / 2 PACK)
- Release Date: 09/26/2017
- UPC: 0715515204019
- Original Release: 2001
- Rating: R
- Region Code: 1
- Presentation: [Wide Screen]
- Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo]
- Language: English
- Runtime: 7800
- Sales rank: 21,476
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Disc #2 -- The Piano Teacher
Michael Haneke - This Interview With Director Michael Haneke Was Conducted By The Criterion Collection In Vienna In May 2017.
Selected-Scene Commentary: The Following Commentary, Recorded In 2001, Features Actor Isabelle Huppert Discussing Several Scenes From The Piano Teacher.
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Isabelle Huppert - This Interview With Actor Isabelle Huppert Was Conducted By The Criterion Collection In Paris In June 2017.
Postsync Sessions - The Following Nineteen Minutes Of Footage Offer A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Audio Postsync Sessions For The Piano Teacher And Feature Director Michael Haneke And Actor Isabelle Huppert.
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How far is a man willing to go to be with the woman he wants? Erika (Isabelle Huppert) is a veteran piano instructor at a famous music conservatory in Vienna. Erika is highly respected for her remarkable talent and strong discipline, but she's also known to be a harsh taskmistress and does not suffer fools gladly; among her students, Erika's class is considered a highly rewarding challenge, but difficult to weather. Erika seems to get her stern and unforgiving nature from her mother (Annie Girardot), with whom she still lives, and without a husband or a lover, Erika satisfies her strong but frequently perverse sexual appetites through extreme porn videos, voyeurism, and masturbatory practices that sometimes involve pain and self-mutilation. Erika discovers she has attracted the attentions of one of her students, Walter (Benoit Maginel), a gifted and good-looking young man who does not seem at all put off by her icy personality. She refuses to acknowledge Walter's romantic overtures, but when he rises to the defense of a fellow student after a recital, Erika is enraged, and Walter pursues her, finally following her as she storms off to the women's room. Erika abruptly approaches Walter in a rough sexual fashion, but refuses to fully satisfy him until he is willing to allow her to control the relationship. When Walter becomes aware of just how much pain and humiliation is involved in Erika's erotic bill of fare, he refuses to participate, but in time his attraction to her causes him to weaken, and he begins to accede to her sexual demands. La Pianiste was shown in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where Isabelle Huppert and Benoit Maginel were named Best Actress and Best Actor, and writer/director Michael Haneke received the Jury's Grand Prize.
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