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The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoit Maginel. The film, also known as The Piano Player, is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for Literature winner in 2004.
Synopsis
Erika is a sexually repressed piano professor in Vienna who is approaching spinsterhood and lives with her mother. When a student tries to seduce her, she agrees, but on her terms.
The relationship ends unhappily when she reveals her extreme masochistic desires to him, which brings the relationship to an end, but not before he has made a disgusted attempt to enact his conception of her masochistic fantasies.
Awards
Win
2001 Cannes Film Festival
- Grand Jury Prize
- Best Actor - Benoît Magimel
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
2001 European Film Academy
- Best European Actress - Isabelle Huppert
2001 French Academy of Cinema
- Best Supporting Actress - Annie Girardot
2002 L.A. Film Critics Association
- Best Actress (Runner-up) - Isabelle Huppert
2002 National Society of Film Critics
- Best Actress (Runner-up) - Isabelle Huppert
Nom
2001 British Academy Awards
- Best Foreign Language Film - Michael Haneke
- Best Foreign Language Film - Veit Heiduschka
2001 European Film Academy
- Best European Film
- Best European Screenplay - Michael Haneke
2001 French Academy of Cinema
- Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert
2002 Independent Spirit Award
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