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Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher , available on DVD from King Video at , is a viscerally clenching cinematic portrayal of enmeshment, repression, sadism, masochism, and destruction. The tight and conflicted characterization of Professor Erika Kohut, the piano teacher portrayed by Isabelle Huppert, reveals a dark labyrinth of mother-daughter bonds and bondage.