We are used to seeing love and music as a salvation, an opportunity to escape from the cruel and cold world into the realm of dreams, into warm embraces. The story of pianist Erica Kohut shows what a deceptive illusion this escape attempt may turn out to be. Music devastates, takes all forces, giving nothing in return and destroying hopes of a successful career. The hopes of a harsh mother, from whom she received not support and approval, but only suffocating, unhealthy care . Passion for a young man gravitates, destroys and, devoid of spiritual intimacy, acquires perverted forms. "Pianist" - a frank story about women's loneliness, about trying to break out of the bonds of everyday life and dislike