
The Piano Teacher(2001)
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.


After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.

Isabelle Huppert
Héléne

Louis Garrel
Pierre

Emma de Caunes
Hansi

Joana Preiss
Réa

Dominique Reymond
Marthe

Jean-Baptiste Montagut
Loulou

Olivier Rabourdin
Robert

Philippe Duclos
The Father

Pascal Tokatlian
Klaus

Théo Hakola
Ian
Ma mère is a drama film released in 2004 exploring themes of mother, based on novel or book, nightclub, father, incest, hedonism. Directed by Christophe Honoré, it stars Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes. After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.
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