The Piano Teacher

Vienna conservatory professor Erika Kohut lives under the surveillance of her controlling mother and privately pursues extreme sexual rituals. Confident student Walter Klemmer insists on entering her class and life, treating her guarded desire as a challenge.

Isabelle Huppert's stillness makes Erika's private extremity more unsettling. Schubert rehearsals, practice rooms, locked bathrooms, shopping arcades, written instructions, and domestic struggle with her mother create a world of control.