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The Piano Teacher
La Pianiste
2001 · Released · 131 min · France, Austria, Germany · French
The Piano Teacher (French: La Pianiste, lit. 'The (Female) Pianist') is a 2001 erotic psychological drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher (Isabelle Huppert) at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother (Annie Girardot) in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student (Benoît Magimel). The film was a co-production between France and Austria. Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker failed for financial reasons.
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- Deutsch
- Die Klavierspielerin
- Italiano
- La pianista
- 日本語
- ピアニスト
- 한국어
- 피아니스트
- Polski
- Pianistka
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