DVD
The piano teacher = La pianiste
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Köndgen, Thomas Weinhappel.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and for language.
Summary
In this riveting study of the dynamics of control, Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke takes on Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek's controversial 1983 novel about perverse female sexuality and the world of classical music. Erika is a piano professor at a Viennese conservatory who lives with her mother in a claustrophobically codependent relationship. Severely repressed, she satisfies her masochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets Walter, a student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life.
Notes
Title from container.
From the novel Die Klavierspielerin written by Elfriede Jelinek.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Michael Haneke ; new interview with Haneke ; new interview with actress Isabelle Huppert ; selected-scene commentary from 2001 featuring Huppert ; behind-the-scenes footage featuring Haneke and Huppert ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.