★★★★★ – Financial Times. When Erika (Isabelle Huppert) enters a sadomasochistic relationship with a student at the Vienna Conservatory, her frustration, alienation and inner turmoil spiral into violent sexual obsession.

"★★★★★ – The film still holds the same fraught charge it did a quarter of a century ago" – Financial Times

"★★★★★ – Ambitious, profoundly articulate" – Time Out

★★★★ – Empire

Widely regarded as one of the greatest screen performances of all time, Isabelle Huppert stunned audiences with her fearless portrayal of the torturously repressed Erika Kohut. Now, Michael Haneke’s landmark psychosexual drama returns to cinemas in a stunning 4K restoration. When Erika enters a sadomasochistic relationship with a student at the Vienna Conservatory, her frustration, alienation and inner turmoil spiral into violent sexual obsession.