Product: La Pianiste (Original French Version)
Rating: 5.0
A dark and sometimes disturbing film
Some may be put off by the length of the film (and even more by the fact that it is not in English) but I urge you to sit through this film, watch it to its disturbing end.This is an excellent film which looks more into how we view people and how they really are. Huppert is excellent as a middle class piano teacher who on the outside is a rigid woman in control of her life as much as she is in control of her students, she demands perfection and accepts no excuses. In her private life however, she is torn apart by contradictions. Hupperts commentary in additional material sums it up perfectly, she is almost like a child. Smothered by a mother who controls every aspect of her private life she resorts to what many would consider a 'perverse' private life.She becomes the unwilling victim of the attractions of one of her students, a young man who has it all, well off family, friends and the social standing that means what he wants, he gets. After a long pursuit Hppert finally gives in only to discover that by opening up to this young man she may lose more than she ever imagined.This is a film that does at time demand your attention as does last over 2 hours but sit through it, you will be rewarded by the end.