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Elle
Why this pick
Its cool, confrontational study of power, sexuality and control shares The Piano Teacher’s refusal to make its central woman easily legible or morally comfortable.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Isabelle Huppert
Erika Kohut
Benoît Magimel
Walter Klemmer
Annie Girardot
The Mother
Udo Samel
Dr. George Blonskij
William Mang
Teacher
Gabriele Schuchter
Margot
Dieter Berner
Singing teacher
Karoline Zeisler
Teacher