The Piano Teacher (2001)

R09/05/2001Drama, Romance2h 11m
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Overview

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

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    Isabelle Huppert

    Erika Kohut

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    Annie Girardot

    Erika's Mother

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    Benoît Magimel

    Walter Klemmer

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    Susanne Lothar

    Mme Schober

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    Udo Samel

    Dr. George Blonskij

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    Anna Sigalevitch

    Anna Schober

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    Cornelia Köndgen

    Mme Gerda Blonskij

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    Thomas Weinhappel

    Baritone

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    Georg Friedrich

    L'homme en voiture

There 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...