The Piano Teacher (Blu-ray) R
Perversion at its wicked best!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: September 26, 2017
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Isabelle Huppert & Benoît Magimel | |
Performer: | Susanne Lothar, Anna Sigalevitch, Udo Samel, Annie Girardot, Thomas Weinhappel & Cornelia Kondgen | |
Directed by | Michael Haneke | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Haneke | |
Produced by | Veit Heiduschka | |
Director of Photography: | Christian Berger | |
Executive Production by | Michael Katz, Christine Gozlan & Yvon Crenn |
Major Awards:
Cannes 2001 -
Best Actor: Benoit Magimel
Cannes 2001 -
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert
Cannes 2001 -
Jury Prize: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
For a director who's often raged against the manipulations of Hollywood, Haneke is as gifted a puppetmaster as Steven Spielberg.
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Nashville Scene
Rating: 2/5 --
It is depressing, ruthlessly pained and depraved, the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound.
Orlando Sentinel
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A gripping psychological thriller that, while lacking the power of Funny Games, is still the work of a master.
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Miami Herald
The Piano Teacher is high art.
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Spectrum Culture
...Isabelle Huppert gives one of her greatest screen performances....[A] powerfully disquieting film...
New York Times
Rating: 3/4 --
It is as unlikely that you have ever seen another movie like The Piano Teacher as it is that you will ever want to see another one.
Detroit Free Press
Rating: 3/4 --
Is like The Graduate remade by David Lynch; it's no picnic to watch, but you can't look away.
Seattle Times
Product Description:
Erika (Isabelle Huppert) teaches classical piano in a cold and often abrasive style. Approaching middle age, she lives with her doting mother (Annie Girardot) and still sleeps in the same bed with her. Erika's social life consists of occasionally sneaking away to a peep show where she secretly comes into contact with perverse passion, often using the discarded trash of previous customers. Her beautiful piano playing seduces youthful Walter (Benoit Magimel), who then takes the instructor's advanced class. Walter reveals his desire during a class session. Erika reacts curiously, presenting a long list of cruel, humiliating sexual acts she would like him to perform on her. Meanwhile, the teacher also torments a talented student (Anna Sigalevitch) who is already plagued by her own fears.
Michael Haneke (CODE UNKNOWN) directed this unflinching allegorical tale of cruelty. The film caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival where it was controversial not only for its subject matter, but also because it won multiple awards there--the Grand Prize and acting awards for both Huppert and Magimel--despite leaving many audience members outraged. Based on a novel by Elfriede Jelinek, the film features numerous classical piano sonatas banged out in an aggressive style.
Michael Haneke (CODE UNKNOWN) directed this unflinching allegorical tale of cruelty. The film caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival where it was controversial not only for its subject matter, but also because it won multiple awards there--the Grand Prize and acting awards for both Huppert and Magimel--despite leaving many audience members outraged. Based on a novel by Elfriede Jelinek, the film features numerous classical piano sonatas banged out in an aggressive style.
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