2001 2h 11m Michael Haneke

The Piano Teacher

Name: The Piano Teacher
Genre: Drama, Romance, Made in Europe, Music & Musical
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar

★ 7.5 IMDb

Drama Romance Made in Europe Music & Musical

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Writer Michael Haneke

Cast Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar

DP Christian Berger

Essays and Criticism

On Michael Haneke

Funny Frames: The Filmic Concepts of Michael Haneke, by Oliver C. Speck by Jeremiah Ambrose, Alphaville Michael Haneke’s Cinema: The Ethic of the Imageby Catherine Wheatley by Yun-hua Chen, Senses of Cinema

In conversation with other films

Madness and Music by Ronald Bergan, FIPRESCI

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Awards & Festivals

Won European Film Award for Best Actress

Nominated César Award for Best Actress

Nominated International Submission to the Academy Awards

Won Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

Nominated European Film Award for Best Film

Selection 14th European Film Awards

Nominated European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director

Nominated European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

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