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About
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Theatrical
Apr 12, 2002
Box Office
$6.8M
Budget
$6.2M
Return
1.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 5, 2002
Theaters
6
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Francis Haines
Studio
Wega Film, mk2 Films, Les Films Alain Sarde, ARTE France Cinéma, Bavaria Film International, OFI
Original Title
La Pianiste
Original Language
French
Keywords
based on novel or book
conservatory
music teacher
fetish
masochism
piano lessons
victim
concert
perversion
loneliness
teacher
female protagonist
pianist
vienna, austria
sexual repression
desire
cutter
domineering mother
self mutilation
older woman younger man relationship
cutting
bdsm
character study
voyeurism
abuse
searching for love
repression
self-harm
mother daughter relationship
disturbed individual
sexual fetish
piano recital
age-gap relationship
kink
power dynamics
sardonic
Cast
Full credits →I
Isabelle Huppert
Erika Kohut
A
Annie Girardot
Erika's Mother
B
Benoît Magimel
Walter Klemmer
S
Susanne Lothar
Mme Schober
U
Udo Samel
Dr. George Blonskij
A
Anna Sigalevitch
Anna Schober
C
Cornelia Köndgen
Mme Gerda Blonskij
G
Georg Friedrich
L'homme en voiture
W
William Mang
Un professeur
R
Rudolf Melichar
Le directeur
M
Michael Schottenberg
Un professeur
G
Gabriele Schuchter
Margot
D
Dieter Berner
Le professeur qui chante
K
Karoline Zeisler
Teacher
L
Liliana Nelska
Secretary
V
Vivian Bartsch
Woman in drive-in
G
Gerti Drassl
K
Klaus Händl
E
Eva Green
Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited)
