Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
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Movie2001·131 min
The Piano Teacher
Directed by Michael Haneke
A drama romance film directed by Michael Haneke.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 20%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.3/10
1K ratings
About The Piano Teacher
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- isolation loneliness, obsession, music performance, international, urban, romantic partners, parent child, outsider misfit, femme fatale, slow burn reveal, cat and mouse