The Piano Teacher
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| The Piano Teacher | |
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 The Piano Teacher France promotional poster |
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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 Magimel. It is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for Literature winner in 2004.
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[edit] Plot
Erika (Isabelle Huppert) is a piano professor at a Vienna music conservatory. Although she is in her thirties, she still lives in an apartment with her domineering mother (Annie Girardot). Erika is only able to 'feel' by exacting cruel punishment on her students, whom she secretly detests. She destroys the musical prospects of a talented girl by hiding shards of glass inside of her coat pockets. Behind her icy façade, Erika is a sexually-repressed woman with a long list of sadomasochistic fetishes.
Upon meeting Walter (Benoît Magimel), a charming seventeen-year-old engineering student, she becomes obsessed with him. He is also a capable performer and shares in her appreciation for Schumann and Schubert. Walter is very insistent in starting a relationship with her. However, when she finally acquiesces, Walter is unwilling to indulge her violent fantasies. After an unsatisfying sexual encounter, 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 Prix
- 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
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| Preceded by Devils on the Doorstep |
Grand Prix, Cannes 2001 |
Succeeded by The Man Without a Past |
