be prepare for the trip to haneke la pianiste . the psychological sickness of the main character and wonderfully play by huppert and go beyond any limit you could expect . the most stunning part of it be that you start feel compassion for the character erika . trash sexuality ( no nude scene though ) and perversion and masochism and incestuous relation . haneke give u a crude meal and heavy to digest while sometimes and the only way you can escape the extremism of some scene be to start laugh at it . the mise en scène be maybe not the most appealing part of the movie and it have obvious austro germanic and sometimes scandinavian note represent static and long scene and but never boring . the vienna setting and the french language use and make the whole look like a european blend . the permanent germanic music background ( schubert ) be beautifully choose . above all and both of the cannes award for best actor be well deserve represent one of the great performance of the year by one of the great french actress ever .