Product: La Pianiste (Original French Version)
Rating: 5.0
Fascinating on two counts
She lives with her mother. It is an oppressive relationship. They sleep in the same bedroom. The mother is very suspicious of her behaviour; rummaging for evidence of things sexually illicit.She is a piano teacher; a strict one and slightly bored. However, she plays beautifully. That is what inspires an already fine young player to seek her tuition, to elevate his skills further. He plays after her superb recital. She feigns indifference. The film proceeds with his pursuit of her tuition skills. What transpires between them becomes electrifying.In one scene, she walks into a sex shop and is `eyed' with suspicion by men doing the same thing, as she waits for a viewing kiosk. She enjoys hard-core porn'. A man who does this is just that but a woman? Judgements abound! Why?The film oscillates between these extremes; exquisite culture and hard-core interests. It is fascinating on both counts.Ian Hunter.Author of `e-Love'.