Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
DVD Release Date: January 9, 2007
Stats: 1,010 reviews
It has the same problems of every single film that Hackneke has made. Manipulatory and artificial, with characters that act more as sock puppets than real humans. Go ahead and flame me, but Haneke's bandwagon of adoration that most people seem to have fully embraced is a bandwago...( read more)
A somewhat sick story!!
It shows what extremes there are in life. Unable to detach herself from her overpowering mother, Erika has her own ideas about sex and when she at last is offered love and sex she only wants it the way she has phantasized..... and that involves brutality...( read more)
Formidable! What a performance by Huppert. But grim. Ouch, I had hit pause three times to get through it.
Art-house erotica done... again.
One of the greatest passions in movie writing is knowing how to find the perfect psychological situation of a character following its background and its surrounding. And this movie hit the exact right spot in the writing of the three main characters esoecially Huppert's one. Neve...( read more)
The Piano Teacher' was the second Haneke film I've seen. Funny Games was oke, but not the kind I will watch again. But this one was a very good film, powerful, provoking and features a superb performance from Isabelle Huppert. She played Erika Kohut, a brilliant pianist teacher. ...( read more)
Haneke's most fun movie. Stabs itself free of a bunch of taboos and the mental analysis is precise, edgy, cinematic and dangerous.
Another very good acting performance of French actress Isabelle Huppert. The entire movie rests on her shoulders.
German director Michael Haneke never stops to amaze me. The plot here is a quite disturbing one, and that's where Haneke is best, it seems to me...( read more)
Loved the way it graduately becomes more and more insane, a movie that portrays what happens when people pull back their emotions and desires and what might happen when all those emotions want to finally explode. And needless to say that, Isabelle Huppert is amazing and delievers...( read more)
Essential Haneke. This film takes the idea of sexuality very seriously and, as a result, comes off a lot more honest than most romance films. Deeply deeply DEEPLY shocking at times, but overall just beautifully acted and directed.
Although Huppert's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it, The Piano Teacher is anything but fun. full review
A powerful and outrageous film from Belgian director Michael Haneke, takes that stereotype and stands it on its head. full review
There is an old saying: Be careful what you ask for, because you might get it. The Piano Teacher has a more ominous lesson: Be especially careful with someone who has asked for you. full review
Watching Haneke's film is, aptly enough, a challenge and a punishment. But watching Huppert, a great actress tearing into a landmark role, is riveting. full review
There's a fine line sometimes between daring and ridiculous, and although Austrian director Michael Haneke's drama The Piano Teacher comes perilously close to the hysterical edge, it is also a shockin... full review
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