| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround 5.1 rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Title from sell sheet. |
| Cast |
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Georg Friedrich, Anna Sigalevitch. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for aberrant sexuality including violence, and for language OFRB rating: R. |
| Summary |
Erika, a middle-aged piano professor at a Viennese conservatory who lives with her mother, in a claustrophobically codependent relationship. Severely repressed, she satisfies her masochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets Walter, a young student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life. |
| Note |
Special features: new interview with Haneke; new interview with Isabelle Huppert; selected-scene commentary from 2001 featuring Huppert; behind the scenes footage of a postsync session for the film featuring Haneke and Huppert; trailer; essay by scholar Moira Weigel. |
| Language |
French dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Piano teachers -- Austria -- Vienna -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- Austria -- Vienna -- Drama.
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Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.
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Masochism -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Romance films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Haneke, Michael, 1942- film director.
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Huppert, Isabelle, actor.
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Girardot, Annie, 1931-2011, actor.
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Magimel, Benoît, actor.
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Lothar, Susanne, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515204019 |
| ISBN |
9781681433561 |
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1681433567 |
| Music No. |
CC2806DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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