Erika Kohut, in her late thirties, and a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory, lives with her tyrannical elderly mother in a hermeticaily sealed world of love-hate and dependency in which there is no room for men. Her sex life consists of voyeurism and masochistic self-injury. Then one of Erika's pupils decides to seduce his teacher.
Born in 1942, Michael Haneke studied philosophy, psychology and theatre in Vienna. From 1967 to 1970 he worked for German television. Since 1970 he has been an independent director and screenwriter. He has also directed theatre productions in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf. Frankfurt and Hamburg.
Filmography: 1989 THE SEVENTH CONTINENT 1992 BENNY'S VIDEO 1994 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE 1996 THE CASTLE 1997 FUNNY GAMES 2000 CODE INCONNU 2001 THE PIANO TEACHER
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