isabelle huppert must be one of the great actress of her or any other generation . la pianiste truly confirm it . a if that wasn not enough and annie girardot play her mother and annie girardot be one of the great actress of her or any other generation . so and a you may well imagine and those piece of cast be worth the horror be put through . isabelle and annie play character we have never see before on the screen . a mother and daughter yes but with such virulent fearlessness that sometimes i be unable even to blink or to breath . personally and i do not believe in the director intention and i do not believe they ( the intention that be ) go beyond the shocking anecdote and the end make me scream with frustration but i be rivet by the story write in the face of the sensational huppert and the fierceness of girardot strength . i highly recommend it to cinema lover anywhere and to the collector of great performance like me and you can not afford to miss la pianiste .