The Piano Teacher
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The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoit Maginel. The film, also known as The Piano Player, is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for Literature winner in 2004.
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Synopsis
Erika is a sexually repressed piano professor in Vienna who is approaching spinsterhood and lives with her mother. When a student tries to seduce her, she agrees, but on her terms. The relationship ends unhappily when she reveals her extreme masochistic desires to him, which brings the relationship to an end, but not before he has made a disgusted attempt to enact his conception of her masochistic fantasies.
Awards
Win
- Grand Jury Prize
- Best Actor - Benoît Magimel
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- Best European Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- 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
Nom
- Best Foreign Language Film - Michael Haneke
- Best Foreign Language Film - Veit Heiduschka
- Best European Film
- Best European Screenplay - Michael Haneke
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
- Best Foreign Film
See also
External links
- The Piano Teacher ~ Official Site (http://www.kino.com/pianoteacher/)fr:La Pianiste (film)