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The piano teacher [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K263 | Kino on VideoPublication details: New York: Kino international , 2002.Edition: Unrated director's cutDescription: 1 videodisc (125 min) : sd., col. ; 12 cmContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Pianist (Motion picture : 2002)
Contained works:
  • Jelinek, Elfriede, 1946- Klavierspielerin
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .P53 2002
Contents:
Erika, the piano teacher -- Walter, an admirer -- After work -- Audition -- Student relations -- Staying out late -- Break in rehearsal -- Playing field -- Lessons -- Erika's letter -- Desperate love -- Confrontations.
Awards:
  • Winner, Grand Prize of the Jury - Michael Haneke, Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert (unanimously), Best Actor - Benoît Magimel, Cannes Film Festival, 2001.
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar et al.Summary: Erika is a loner. A middle aged piano teacher of some repute, she is unmarried, living with her mother in a small apartment in Vienna, her days an unending round of conservatory students, rehearsals, and dinner in front of the television. Her sex life consists of visits to sex shops and voyeurism. When she becomes involved with a student who has become infatuated with her, she tries to share her obsessions with him--with tragic results.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0901 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050098271

Based on a novel by Elfriede Jelinek.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001

Erika, the piano teacher -- Walter, an admirer -- After work -- Audition -- Student relations -- Staying out late -- Break in rehearsal -- Playing field -- Lessons -- Erika's letter -- Desperate love -- Confrontations.

Unrated director's cut.

DVD, region 1.

French; In French with English subtitles

Winner, Grand Prize of the Jury - Michael Haneke, Best Actress - Isabelle Huppert (unanimously), Best Actor - Benoît Magimel, Cannes Film Festival, 2001.

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