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    Have a Song on Your Lips 2015 POSTER

    Have a Song on Your Lips

    2015

    Japanese

    6.9

    11

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Drama

    middle school

    Music

    music teacher

    pianist

    piano lessons

    playing piano

    Takahiro Miki Takahiro Miki Director Fumino Kimura Fumino Kimura as Haruko Matsuyama Hayato Sano Hayato Sano as Keisuke Mukai Yuri Tsunematsu Yuri Tsunematsu as Nazuna Nakamura Yui Aragaki Yui Aragaki as Yuri Kashiwagi
    A young piano prodigy, Yuri Kashiwagi, returns to her hometown after several years and joins a middle school to mentor the choir group.
    Four Minutes 2006 POSTER

    Four Minutes

    2006

    German

    7.3

    17

    77%

    86%

    Action

    classical music

    Drama

    female friendship

    friendship

    Music

    piano lessons

    prison

    talent

    Chris Kraus Chris Kraus Director Monica Bleibtreu Monica Bleibtreu as Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger Richy Müller Richy Müller as Kowalski Dietrich Hollinderbäumer Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Pater Vincens Edita Malovcic Edita Malovcic as Traude - jung
    Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.
    Tokyo Sonata 2008 POSTER

    Tokyo Sonata

    2008

    Japanese

    7.5

    25

    94%

    80%

    Action

    Drama

    family relationships

    israeli–palestinian conflict

    middle class

    palestinian-israeli conflict

    piano lessons

    tokyo, japan

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director Kai Inowaki Kai Inowaki as Kenji Sasaki Kazuya Kojima Kazuya Kojima as Kobayashi-san Kanji Tsuda Kanji Tsuda as Kurosu Tao Tsuchiya Tao Tsuchiya as Mika
    A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
    Idlewild 2006 POSTER

    Idlewild

    2006

    English

    6.2

    6

    47%

    66%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    fisticuffs

    mortician

    Musical

    piano lessons

    Romance

    song and dance

    talking to the dead

    tied to chair

    Bryan Barber Bryan Barber Director Paula Patton Paula Patton as Angel Davenport Nadine Ellis Nadine Ellis as Church Dancer Paula Jai Parker Paula Jai Parker as Rose Patti LaBelle Patti LaBelle as The Real Angel Davenport
    A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
    The Piano Lesson 1995 POSTER

    The Piano Lesson

    1995

    English

    6.9

    6

    76%

    76%

    Action

    Drama

    Music

    piano

    piano lessons

    playing piano

    Lloyd Richards Lloyd Richards Director Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard as Berniece Charles Charles S. Dutton Charles S. Dutton as Boy Willie Rosalyn Coleman Rosalyn Coleman as Grace Courtney B. Vance Courtney B. Vance as Lymon
    1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.
    Crisis 1946 POSTER

    Crisis

    1946

    Swedish

    13

    33%

    39%

    absurd

    Action

    Drama

    foster daughter

    mean spirited

    piano lessons

    psychotic

    Romance

    Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Director John Melin John Melin as C Flute Player Anna-Lisa Baude Anna-Lisa Baude as Customer at Beauty Parlor Gustaf Molander Gustaf Molander as Narrator Inga Landgré Inga Landgré as Nelly
    A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's biological mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.
    Ni vu, ni connu 1958 POSTER

    Ni vu, ni connu

    1958

    French

    7.1

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    fishing

    france

    mayor

    piano lessons

    village

    Yves Robert Yves Robert Director Louis de Funès Louis de Funès as Blaireau Moustache Moustache as Parju Marcel Rouzé Marcel Rouzé as Un gendarme Paul Faivre Paul Faivre as Victor, le gardien-chef
    In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953 POSTER

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    1953

    English

    6.7

    10

    83%

    74%

    Action

    Family

    Fantasy

    Music

    musical

    piano lessons

    plumber

    Romance

    Roy Rowland Roy Rowland Director Peter Lind Hayes Peter Lind Hayes as August Zabladowski Tommy Rettig Tommy Rettig as Bartholomew Collins Kim Charney Kim Charney as Kim - Boy in Line Henry Kulky Henry Kulky as Stroogo
    Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.
    Fingers 1978 POSTER

    Fingers

    1978

    English

    6.7

    6

    85%

    68%

    Crime

    Drama

    Music

    piano lessons

    schizophrenia

    James Toback James Toback Director Frank Pesce Frank Pesce as Carmine Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel as Jimmy Fingers Tony Sirico Tony Sirico as Riccamonza Marian Seldes Marian Seldes as Ruth
    A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his dreams of a musical career.
    The Housemaid 1960 POSTER

    The Housemaid

    1960

    Korean

    7.2

    14

    100%

    77%

    Action

    black and white

    Crime

    Drama

    horror

    Horror

    infidelity

    music teacher

    piano lessons

    poison

    Thriller

    Ki-young Kim Ki-young Kim Director Jeong-hee Ok Jeong-hee Ok as Ok-joo Le Ok-joo Le as Nam-hyeon Choi Nam-hyeon Choi as Yoo-ri Lee Yoo-ri Lee as Ae-soon Kim
    A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
    Amour 2012 POSTER

    Amour

    2012

    French

    7.9

    46

    93%

    82%

    Action

    aging

    daughter

    Drama

    married couple

    music teacher

    nurse

    piano lessons

    Romance

    Michael Haneke Michael Haneke Director Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert as Eva Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant as Georges Suzanne Schmidt Suzanne Schmidt as Neighbour Damien Jouillerot Damien Jouillerot as Paramedic #1
    Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
    Kiss Me, Stupid 1964 POSTER

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    1964

    English

    6.9

    19

    75%

    67%

    Action

    Comedy

    piano lessons

    playboy

    Romance

    Billy Wilder Billy Wilder Director Barbara Pepper Barbara Pepper as Big Bertha Ray Walston Ray Walston as Orville James J. Casino James J. Casino as Stagehand Henry Beckman Henry Beckman as Truck Driver
    While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.
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