So I had decided to watch this on my Netflix queue and just start at one end and slowly make my way to the other instead of trying to pick and choose which movies to see. I had put this movie on my list because they recommended this to me and I swear I had seen it back in high school but really didn’t get it. All I could really remember was the bathroom scene which is depicted on the cover. So I thought I’d watch it now and see if I got it with all my life experience I now possess. It also looked like an interesting foreign love/affair type movie. I was not expecting to be appalled and scarred for life.
The synopsis of the movie states that it’s about a piano teacher who meets an attractive young student and begins a tumultuous sexual affair with him. The synopsis is highly mislead and should read more like this; The plot actually follows a demented mentally ill piano artist/teacher and the sick things that does to herself and others due to her mental instability at the end part of her life.
The plot is actually super bizarre, dark, and sick. Obviously the story was trying to portray her mental illness although there was no real message or purpose that revealed itself by the end. It wasn’t an advocate of seeking mental health treatment nor was is about artistic madness since the main character wasn’t really an artist per say, but a piano teacher at a university who played in a few recitals here and there. She lives with her mother and is middle-aged and reclusive when she meets a very attractive young student at the school who instantly is drawn to her. This attraction is completely unbelievable because her character in no way should have been appealing to his. The things she does in this movie were disturbing, ie self mutilation, incest with her mother, and not to mention gross sexual stuff. There really should’ve been a warning about this movie.
The movie was filmed cheaply and was the first time I saw actual graphic porn in a movie. It actually showed it. The set up the scenes nicely but that was it and I really don’t want to say anything else good about this movie.
Well the main actress was believable as this sick crazy woman so I assume that she was proud but I still can’t get over the context of this movie. The young student was very handsome and came off very charming and likeable.
I’ve read reviews about how great of a movie this was and I honestly don’t get it. There aren’t many films out there that I don’t respect even if they are edgy and taboo but this one just crossed the line of weirdness and disturbia. I didn’t see a meaning or a message about this fictional character. I almost felt dirty for actually sitting through the whole thing. There honestly isn’t anybody I know or anyone who knows anyone I know, that I would recommend this movie to. There, I think I’ve made my point.
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