The direction, the design, the intensely charged performances...everything about it is sublime.

It has been a long time since I've seen a movie that has affected me so deeply - that days later leaves me still processing, feeling, thinking, questioning...
The Piano Teacher provokes many questions and provides few answers. We know so much about our protagonist and yet so little. The film presents things very matter of factly and without judgement. Shots are often held for an uncomfortable amount of time. The entire films feels intensely intimate and private, like we…