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La Pianiste   2001         N/R, 130 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: The Piano Teacher Director: Michael Haneke   Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch, Cornelia Kondgen, Thomas Weinhappel, Georg Friedrich, Philipp Heiss   Based on Elfriede Jelinek's novel, the story revolves around a middle-aged piano teacher (Isabelle Huppert) who is dominated by her mother (Annie Girardot), has a masochistic sexual relationship with one student (Benoit Magimel), and seems determined her students do not surpass her musical expertise.