Isabelle Huppert gives a performance of astounding emotional intensity as Erika Kohut, a repressed middle-aged woman who teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory. When one of Erika’s students, the handsome and assured Walter Klemmer, attempts to seduce her, the barriers that she has carefully erected around her claustrophobic world are shattered - unleashing a previously inhibited extreme and uncontrollable desire.

Screening as part of 5 by Haneke at Showroom Cinema throughout July 2025.

Director Michael Haneke
Year 2001
Duration 2h 10m
Language French with English Subtitles
Cast Isabelle Huppert, Benoir Magimel, Annie Girardot