A young man and an older woman kneel on a tiled bathroom floor outside a series of toilet cubicles. They are both wearing black and are passionately kissing

The Piano Teacher

Subtitled, Foreign language

About The Piano Teacher

Isabelle Huppert’s astonishing turn as Erika Kohut, a woman disturbed yet consumed by her desires, has lost none of its gut-punching torment.

Walter careens into piano tutor Erika’s life oozing entitlement and charisma, threatening her carefully calibrated equilibrium. But hers is a world of quietly seething resentment and barely contained masochism, lived in the shadow of an overbearing mother and surrounded by the mannered hierarchies of classical music.

Adapted from Nobel Prize-winner Elfriede Jelinek’s controversial 1983 novel, Haneke’s critically acclaimed film was rewarded with dual acting awards at Cannes. It remains a shocking and uncompromising film.

Screening as part of Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective. Includes a live introduction from film academic Dr Sabina Stent.

Booking info

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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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