The Piano Teacher

Movie • 2001 • Drama  

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Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
This movie contains 38 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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burntheworm
no, but there is genital bleeding that is assumed to be menstruation
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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burntheworm
erika's mother destroys her dresses and emotionally abuses her
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Is someone stalked?
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Unhinged.but.handsome
The daughter (40+) assaults her mother (60+)
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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burntheworm
erika slaps her mother as stated, and walter slaps erika later in the movie
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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milosfish
(SPOILERS) Erika is sexually assaulted at the end of the film.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Maybe the most triggering SA I’ve seen on screen.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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burntheworm
a student puts her hand into a coat pocket full of crushed glass and her hand is permanently disfigured.
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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The main character cuts her own crotch with a razorblade

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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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a young girl's hand is mutilated with broken glass
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Unhinged.but.handsome
She stabbed herself in the chest. But not deep. It wasn't fatal
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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burntheworm
no, but erika's father is dead at the start of the movie.
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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burntheworm
the main character cuts herself with a razor
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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ycats33
V**t Indiscretion Shot: Erika's fellatio on Walter ends with her p**ng on the ground.

sorry not sure when
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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burntheworm
no, but there is urinating.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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burntheworm
no, but they are mentioned. erika's father is said to have died in one, and there is talk of getting her hospitalized.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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erika stalks walter and often watches characters without their knowledge. walter later tells erika that he watched her through her window and masturbated.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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yes, but not a pedophilic one. the main plot is about a woman in her 40s courting a college student.
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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ducksinalagoon
Erika forcefully kisses and gropes her mother. This happens before the SA by Walter.
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Is there sexual content?
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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