The Piano Teacher

Date of release:

February 7, 2002 (Cut Version)
February 10, 2002 (Full Version)

Synopsis:

Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Conservatory in Vienna. In her early forties, she lives at home, cooped up with her mother, whose influence Erika escapes only on her regular visits to porn cinemas and peepshows. Her sexuality is an affair of morbid voyeurism and masochistic self-mutilation. Erika and life travel separate paths. Until one day, one of her students gets it into his head to seduce her...

Other Information

Cannes Film Festival 2001 - Grand Prize of the Jury, Best Actress, Best Actor

European Film Award - Best Actress

Cinema

Broadway Cinematheque (Cut Version)

Hong Kong Arts Centre (Full Version)