Product: La Pianiste (Original French Version)
Rating: 5.0
THE ENEMY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
The porn in the sex shop scene of the unrated version of this DVD didn't shock me. Typical filth. What I found startling was Huppert's response to the graphic sexuality she was viewing. I felt pity for this woman. But I didn't know that my pity would turn into disdain and utter contempt for the demon inside her.This movie takes female sexual frustration to an extreme, and shows just how painful and cruel it can be. It depicts the moral degeneration of a middle aged woman who never achieved personal or professional gratification despite her immense potential as a pianist. She has turned her art into a weapon of remorse and sadistic cruelty. This is a very adult movie, which I didn't enjoy, yet I found compulsively watchable. Huppert makes all female villains in all of the movies put together look like vestal virgins. This is the type of movie that plays with the viewer's mind to the point where one feels the need to take a shower after watching it.Huppert plays the-piano-teacher-from-the-bottomless-pit to near greatness. It's a cold-blooded masterpiece of a performance.