Bibliograph

The piano teacher, director, Michael Haneke

Type

Label

The piano teacher, director, Michael Haneke

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and for language, OFRB rating: R

Main title

The piano teacher

Oclc number

1000539856539856

Responsibility statement

director, Michael Haneke

Runtime

130

Series statement

Criterion collection

Summary

Erika, a middle-aged piano professor at a Viennese conservatory who lives with her mother, in a claustrophobically codependent relationship. Severely repressed, she satisfies her masochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets Walter, a young student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life

Technique

live action

Classification