The Piano Teacher (2001)
aka La Pianiste
Genre: Drama
Country: France | Austria | Germany | Director: Michael Haneke
Language: French | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 131mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1280×692 – 23.976fps – 4.43gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she’s not quite at concert level. She’s approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?
This movie won’t be everyone’s choice for an evening with the kids. It’s a serious, disturbing film for adults that looks grimly at repressed feelings and emotional self destruction. For the grownups, it might put you off sado-masochism for a few days. It’s a first-rate film.
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