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The Piano Teacher
Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Conservatory in Vienna. In her early forties, she lives cooped up with her mother. Her sexuality is an affair of morbid voyeurism and masochistic self-mutilation. Erika and life travel separate paths. Until one day, one of her students gets it into his head to seduce her.
31 October 1966, Vienna, Austria
22 June 1929, Berlin, Germany
17 May 1954, Vienna, Austria
1958, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2 March 1956, Salzburg, Austria
13 April 1978, Bolzano, Alto Adige, Italy
15 November 1960, Hamburg, Germany
31 October 1946, Budapest, Hungary
31 August 1944, Vienna, Austria
16 March 1953, Paris, France
25 June 1953, Trier-Eitelsbach, Germany
11 May 1974, Paris, France
24 May 1941, Arad, Romania
August 13, 2004
A revolting and shocking work devoid of redemption and purpose.
November 20, 2002
[Isabelle Huppert] outdoes herself.
January 30, 2003
It's a harrowing, difficult film that's only for the most adventurous art-house movie fans.
February 10, 2010
[Huppert gives] the single finest performance I have ever seen her give, and therefore almost by default one of the best of the decade.
February 13, 2003
If genital mutilation, rape, incest and twisted acts of sexual gratification are your thing, then this is the film for you. Any takers?
August 16, 2002
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.
July 28, 2006
A film of Artaudian cruelty, and a boundary-breaker in the cinema's exploration of its own erotic and artisanal id.
November 04, 2002
This is a penetrating, deeply disturbing examination of desire and loneliness, of desperation and self-denial.
July 20, 2002
A striking, brilliant film with extraordinary performances -- and Huppert's acting is heartrending.
June 21, 2002
Is like The Graduate remade by David Lynch; it's no picnic to watch, but you can't look away.
August 30, 2002
A gripping psychological thriller that, while lacking the power of Funny Games, is still the work of a master.
September 19, 2002
It is depressing, ruthlessly pained and depraved, the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound.
