The Piano Teacher
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| The Piano Teacher | |
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 film poster (France) |
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| Directed by | Michael Haneke |
| Written by | Michael Haneke, from the novel "Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek |
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Magimel |
| Music by | Martin Achenbach |
| Editing by | Monika Willi, Nadine Muse |
| Distributed by | Kino International |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 130 min |
| Language | French |
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The Piano Teacher (French: La Pianiste) is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoit Maginel. It is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for Literature winner in 2004.
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[edit] Synopsis
Erika (Isabelle Huppert) is a piano professor at a Vienna music conservatory. Although in her late thirties, she lives in an apartment with her overprotective and controlling mother (Annie Girardot). Lonely and alienated, she has an unhealthy love-hate relationship with her mother. She is a first-rate teacher but cruel to her students, even attempting to ruin a talented girl. Behind the prudish façade, she is a sexually repressed woman with a long list of extreme fetishes. Upon meeting a charming engineering student in his twenties, she becomes obsessed with Walter (Benoît Magimel), who is also a capable performer and shares in her appreciation for Schumann and Schubert. However, when she finally agrees to a relationship with the insistent young man, he is unwilling to indulge her sado-masochistic fantasies. After an unsatisfying attempt, Erika stabs herself in the shoulder with a kitchen knife.
[edit] Cast and Crew
- Isabelle Huppert .... Erika Kohut
- Annie Girardot .... The Mother
- Benoît Magimel .... Walter Klemmer
- Susanne Lothar .... Mrs. Schober
- Udo Samel .... Dr. Blonskij
- Anna Sigalevitch .... Anna Schober
- Cornelia Köndgen .... Mme Blonskij
- Thomas Weinhappel .... Baritone
- Georg Friedrich .... Man in drive-in
- Philipp Heiss .... Naprawnik
- William Mang .... Teacher
- Rudolf Melichar .... Director
- Michael Schottenberg .... Teacher
- Gabriele Schuchter .... Margot
- Dieter Berner .... Singing teacher
- Volker Waldegg .... Teacher
- Martina Resetarits .... Teacher
- Annemarie Schleinzer .... Teacher
- Karoline Zeisler .... Teacher
- Liliane Neiska .... Secretary
- Luz Leskowitz .... Violinist
- Viktor Teuflmayr .... Pianist
- Viviane Bartsch .... Woman in drive-in (as Vivian Bartsch)
- Florian Koban .... Pupil
- Thomas Auner .... Haydn pianist
- Noam Morgensztern .... The first pupil (voice)
[edit] Awards
[edit] Won
- Grand Jury Prize
- Best Actor - Benoît Magimel
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- Best Supporting Actress - Annie Girardot
- Best Foreign Film
- Best European Actress - Isabelle Huppert
2001 French Academy of Cinema
- Best Supporting Actress - Annie Girardot
2002 L.A. Film Critics Association
- Best Actress (Runner-up) - Isabelle Huppert
2002 National Society of Film Critics
- Best Actress (Runner-up) - Isabelle Huppert
2001 Russian Guild Of Film Critics
- Best Foreign Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- Best Foreign Film
2002 San Francisco Film Critics Circle
- SFFCC Award - Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
2002 Seattle International Film Festival
- Golden Space Needle Award - Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
[edit] Nominated
- Best Film not in the English Language
- Best Non-American Film
- Golden Palm
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- Best Foreign Language Film - Michael Haneke
- Best Foreign Language Film - Veit Heiduschka
- Best European Film
- Best European Screenplay - Michael Haneke
2001 French Academy of Cinema
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- Best Foreign Film
[edit] See also
| Films directed by Michael Haneke |
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