"The Piano Teacher" is a 131-minute feature film co-produced by Germany, Poland, France and Austria. The film was directed by Michael Haneke and starred by Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Magimet, Anne Giraldo, Susanna Rosa, Udo Samir and others. It was released on May 14, 2001. Released in France.
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Alfred Jelinek. It tells the story of a nearly 40-year-old female piano teacher who has been abstinent for a long time. She is violently and innocently pursued by a young and handsome male student. A story about a series of morbid and violent sexual adventures.
The plot of "The Piano Teacher": 40-year-old Erika Kohut is an elegant piano teacher on the surface, with a unique appearance and outstanding temperament, but she is extremely strict with her students. Everything is about her facing endless torture from her mother - authoritarian and unreasonable, which makes Erika unable to vent her various desires.
Erika often hides in the toilet and hurts herself with a razor for pleasure, smells the smell on her underwear to vent her desires, and even rents pornographic videos. So when the handsome and impulsive 18-year-old Walter broke into her life, everything changed. They need each other to comfort each other, and Erika thinks she has finally found her happiness. However, the young Walter one day gets tired of this relationship.
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"Piano Teacher" character introduction:
1. Erica
A piano teacher in her 40s, Taught at the Vienna Music School. Known for being strict with students, he lives with his mother. With a virtuous appearance, her only outlet is to go to a video store to watch pornographic videos or go to an outdoor cinema to watch lovers having sex to vent her passions.
2. Walter
A student at the Vienna Conservatoire, a blond boy who is full of energy and has a strange personality. He desperately wanted to become Erica's teacher, and at the same time he broke into Erica's life. He conducted a series of sexual temptations for Erica, and abused each other mentally and physically.
3. Mom
Erica’s mother is old but has a strong desire to control. Growing up under her extremely strict discipline led Erica to suppress her contradictory and dissatisfied personality. She and her daughter tortured each other and argued every day.
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