La pianista

astygianelysium

The leading trio of actors portray not human beings, but elements of Control in a film which explores it at its every extreme corner. this is Control over the self (restraint, of the camera, of the pianists) as much at is relational (the mother as a restriction of potential, the game of the lovers rewriting the sex laws against each other). to read it psychologically seems a mistake: this a film foremost about form.

Abhinay Jakhar

the highest praise i can bestow upon this film is that it manages to create an immense empathy for the character while consciously steering away from melodrama or heavy handed storytelling.this film is a cinephile’s delicacy. note to self : WATCH EVERYTHING BY MICHEAL HANEKE

Güattarii

Una película donde se replica un imaginario poco común por actitudes frente al amor y los actos de placer. Llego un momento hasta el que me dio asco y remordimiento la conducta de Erika, no existe forma de describir tal emoción para formas de placer tan inexplicables como la primera vez que vemos una persona morir o comerse el raspado de un strüdell de manzana.

El Biffo

The film that made Isabelle Huppert the greatest actress in France. Simply amazing. No, not simple at all, actually. Amazing.

Coral Amiga

Deeply disturbing and yet undeniably moving. Pushing limits you didn't want to know existed to begin with. Grotesque without malice, love without hope, lust without inhibitions. It constantly defies boundaries and leaves you feeling like most Haneke's films do - like you can never go back to seeing things the way you used to.

Duncan Gray

Sure, a study of a bourgeoisie that'll talk Schubert but watch porn, but I usually prefer this sort of Freudian potboiler when it's pretending to be trash. That said, the biggest twist is that its kinks are revealed with tenderness and even a chance for hope. Both of which are dashed, leaving the disturbed confusion of love/sex/intimacy gone wrong when it reels from theory to practice. Huppert is enormously moving.

Ethan

This is one harshly sexual film and Isabelle Huppert gives an intense performance that proves she is one of the greatest actors of all time. Huppert can express more with a blank stare then most can with a ten minute monologue. Haneke crafts a meticulous film that focuses on the repression and lack of human compassion that the films characters have for each other. This is feel bad cinema at its finest.

Ghostman

A masterpiece. One of the greatest films of world cinema. And further confirmation that Isabelle Huppert is the greatest actor in all of cinema. I used to hate Haneke because I hated his American Funny Games and that was the first thing I saw by him. I'd avoid his work like the plague but now I want to watch everything by him. The Piano Teacher is one of the most heartbreaking films I've ever seen.