Product: La Pianiste (Original French Version)
Rating: 5.0
if you ever thought of studying music...!
I spent 4 years at a music conservatory. In my experience it was a hostile, competitive environment that stiffles creativity and love of music. My teacher for my principal instrument was as cold, abrupt, unfeeling, and abusive as the character brilliantly potrayed by Isabelle Huppert. Watching this film made me feel like I was right back there and left me feeling nauseated that I had spent so much of my life in such an environment.I got my degree and quit music - this film helped me remember why.Five stars for realism.