The piano teacher = La Pianiste

Haneke, Michael, 1942- (film director,, screenwriter.). Heiduschka, Veit, (film producer.). Karmitz, Marin, (film producer.). Sarde, Alain, 1952- (film producer.). Huppert, Isabelle, (actor.). Girardot, Annie, 1931-2011 (actor.). Magimel, Benoît, (actor.). Lothar, Susanne, (actor.). Berger, Christian, 1945- (cinematographer.). Muse, Nadine, (film editor.). Willi, Monika, (film editor.). Jelinek, Elfriede, 1946- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kalvierspielerin. (Added Author). Wega Film (Firm), (production company.). MK2 Productions, (production company.). Films Alain Sarde (Firm), (production company.). Arte France cinéma (Firm), (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Georg Friedrich, Anna Sigalevitch. (Cast).

Summary: Academy Award winning Austrian director Michael Haneke shifted his focus from the social to the psychological for this riveting study of female sexuality and the dynamics of control, an adaptation of a controversial 1983 novel by Elfriede Jelinek. Haneke finds his match in Isabelle Huppert, who delivers an icy but quietly seething performance as 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 (Benoît Magimel), a young student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life. A critical breakthrough for Haneke, The Piano Teacher which won the Grand Prix as well as dual acting awards for its stars at Cannes is a formalist masterwork that remains a shocking sensation.

Record details

ISBN: 1681433567
ISBN: 9781681433561
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
videodisc
Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from disc surface. Based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Wide screen (1.85:1). Film rating provided from IMDB.com web page for film and may not be present on container packaging. Special features: new interview with Michael Haneke; new interview with Isabelle Huppert; selected-scene commentary from 2001 featuring Huppert; behind the scenes footage featuring Haneke and Huppert; trailer. . Container insert includes an essay "Bad Romances" by film scholar Moira Weigel.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Christian Berger ; editors, Nadine Muse, Monika Willi.
Participant or Performer Note:	Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Georg Friedrich, Anna Sigalevitch.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and for language OFRB rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	In French with English subtitles.
Awards Note:	Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Grand Prize of the Jury (Michael Haneke); Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert); Best Actor (Benoît Magimel).