The Piano Teacher
Movie • 2001 • Drama
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Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
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The daughter (40+) assaults her mother (60+)
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erika's mother destroys her dresses and emotionally abuses her
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(SPOILERS) Erika is sexually assaulted at the end of the film.
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erika slaps her mother as stated, and walter slaps erika later in the movie
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Maybe the most triggering SA I’ve seen on screen.
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The main character cuts her own crotch with a razorblade
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a young girl's hand is mutilated with broken glass
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a student puts her hand into a coat pocket full of crushed glass and her hand is permanently disfigured.
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She stabbed herself in the chest. But not deep. It wasn't fatal
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Does a parent die?
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No, but the death of Erika's father is briefly mentioned
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no, but erika's father is dead at the start of the movie.
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V**t Indiscretion Shot: Erika's fellatio on Walter ends with her p**ng on the ground.
sorry not sure when
sorry not sure when
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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no, but they are mentioned. erika's father is said to have died in one, and there is talk of getting her hospitalized.
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no, but there is genital bleeding that is assumed to be menstruation
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Well. If you see the movie to the end, she tries and maybe even bleeds to death.
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Yes, but Erika's mental illnesses are only implied through her actions
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erika stalks walter and often watches characters without their knowledge. walter later tells erika that he watched her through her window and masturbated.
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yes, but not a pedophilic one. the main plot is about a woman in her 40s courting a college student.
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Erika forcefully kisses and gropes her mother. This happens before the SA by Walter.
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While Erika is stated to be a virgin in the book, the movie doesn't discuss her being a virgin or not
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