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Erika, A Middle-aged Piano Professor At A Viennese Conservatory Who Lives With Her Mother, In A Claustrophobically Codependent Relationship. Severely Repressed, She Satisfies Her Masochistic Urges Only Voyeuristically Until She Meets Walter, A Young Student Whose Desire For Erika Leads To A Destructive Infatuation That Upsets The Careful Equilibrium Of Her Life. Director, Michael Haneke. Originally Produced As A Motion Picture In 2001. Special Features: New Interview With Haneke; New Interview With Isabelle Huppert; Selected-scene Commentary From 2002 Featuring Huppert; Behind-the-scene Commentary From 2002 Featuring Huppert; Behind The Scenes Footage Of A Postsync Session For The Film Featuring Haneke And Huppert; Trailer; Essay By Scholar Moira Weigel. Title From Sell Sheet. Wide Screen (1.85:1). Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Georg Friedrich, Anna Sigalevitch. Dvd. French Dialogue; English Subtitles; Subtitled For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing (sdh).