
Geronimo1967
Luckily for Manek (Navin Chowdhry), he has a school teacher who knows a prodigy when she sees one, and so recommends to his recently single-mother Sushila (Shabana Azmi) that she send him to the eponymous piano teacher (Shirley MacLaine). Shes rather an eccentric woman but she instantly recognises that this lad has skills - and, that he has a few issues too. As his home life becomes more strained and his mums business goes down the tubes he begins to lose focus. Thats only made worse by her upstairs neighbour Jenny (Twiggy) with whom he becomes just a little bit obsessed. It may be that the rapport between teacher and pupil and a forthcoming chance to prove his mastery of the piano on a grand scale are the necessary steps Manek needs to tak...