Absolutely Disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (29 March 2011)

I had hopes for this movie before watching but it turned out to be completely disappointing.
First of all - for a movie about a woman who cannot speak. Speaking and giving an intro at the beginning of the movie completely ruined the effect (if any) that they are trying for.
Then it gets worst, shes forced to teach someone piano who forces her to do more and more sexual acts with more in a very very disturbing manner. This basically ruined the movie for me, I was expecting a movie about love, music, and a time where a woman could not choose her fate, NOT some sexually perverted movie. This include very unnecessary scenes of a man wiping down the piano with his trousers, sniffing the piano, and molesting the woman. It was just plain disgusting and distasteful.
The husband finds out about the affair and what happens? He watches them through a bunch of gaps like some voyeur and we get to witness this entire disturbing scene. Instead of going in and stopping the act (realistically), he watches his wife having sex with another man? Honestly, what is this garbage? Then for no apparent reason she starts "touching" her own husband even though she has no feeling for him. She sends a key with writing on it to her illiterate lover (which makes no sense). And her very unlikeable daughter instead of giving it to him, gives it to the husband? Who then chops of her finger. And at the end, we never get an explanation of WHAT happens to the husband. She somehow mysteriously gets to leave with her lover.
There are so many things that are inconsistent, lack of character development (I found the female lead very emotionless and inconsiderate), all the men were perverted and only after one thing, and her daughter was just as unlikeable as the mother, terribly timed songs/scenes (they overplayed the theme song instead of saving it at the right moments).
This movie is such a complete mess I don't think it deserves the 7.5/10 that its currently at. 6/10 would be more suited. I don't understand how anyone can see this twisted mess as beautiful. Pretentious maybe, but definitely NOT beautiful. It was full of perverted disturbing moments which took all the "beauty" out of it if there ever was any to begin with.
There were a few scenes of her playing the piano which were done well, but that is about it.
It could truly have been a movie about a woman who could not speak sold/married off to a stranger, and struggles against a man she doesn't love to one who TRULY appreciates music, and their struggle and her road to speaking again, and their love of each other and music... but no, this film is not such a movie.