The Piano Teacher

Name: The Piano Teacher
Director: Michael Haneke
Genre: drama
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.3

La Pianiste

2001FranceLanguage: frDirected by Michael Haneke★ 7.3

Available in English: subtitled

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

Themes and style

Tone

bleakcold and detachedhauntingquietly devastating

Pacing

slow burnmethodicalescalating

Story

unravelingpursuit

Emotion

all-consuming lovefiguring out who you areshamelongingfeeling powerlessloss of innocence

Themes

men and women navigating expectationsfamily wounds passed downfamily dutyclass and money

Feel

exhaustingcerebralgut punchquietly hauntingdiscussion starteremotionally wrecking

Violence

graphic

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