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The piano teacher = La pianiste

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

French dialogue, English subtitles.

Performers

Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel.

Publication Information

New York : Kino on Video, [2002]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and language.

Summary

The story of Erika, a middle-aged classical piano instructor who is trapped between her rigid passion for music and her suffocating home life. She escapes her life with nightly voyeuristic wanderings and self-inflicted masochistic experiments.

Notes

Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: Nov. 5, 2002.

Based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek.

Special features: Interview with Isabelle Huppert; original theatrical trailer.

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