40岁的Erika Kohut（伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰）表面上是一个优雅的钢琴老师，外形独特、气质出众，但对学生却无比严厉。同时她的母亲专制又无理，无休止的折磨令Erika的各种欲望都无法发泄。于是Erika只好躲在厕所用剃刀伤害自己以求快感，嗅着内裤上的味道以发泄欲

Two men, two brothers, their childhood home in Lower Austria. They drink to their late mother, they bury her. Then they drive back to their real lives