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The Piano is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. It stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first major acting role. The film focuses on a mute Scottish woman who travels to a remote part of New Zealand with her young daughter after her arranged marriage to a frontiersman.
Feb 11, 1994 · The Piano: Directed by Jane Campion. With Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin. In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
The Piano. Winner of three 1993 Oscars®, including Best Actress (Holly Hunter). Passions erupt when a mute pianist (Hunter) is desired by two men -- her callous husband (Sam Neill) and a cryptic, intense neighbor (Harvey Keitel).
Nov 19, 1993 · "The Piano" is as peculiar and haunting as any film I've seen. It tells a story of love and fierce pride, and places it on a bleak New Zealand coast where people live rudely in the rain and mud, struggling to maintain the appearance of the European society they've left behind.
Powered by Holly Hunter's main performance, The Piano is a truth-seeking romance played in the key of erotic passion. After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and...
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May 14, 2015 · Attracted to Ada, Baines agrees to return the piano in exchange for a series of piano lessons that become a series of increasingly charged sexual encounters. As pent-up emotions of rage and...
May 21, 2018 · THE PIANO - Official 25th Anniversary Trailer - Starring Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel. Re-released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jane Campion's Palme d'Or winning drama THE PIANO....
Nov 26, 2019 · Why The Piano is the greatest film directed by a woman. 25 November 2019. By Hannah Strong, Features correspondent. Miramax / Alamy. Jane Campion’s stunning 1993 classic topped BBC Culture’s...
The Piano tells the story of a speechless Scotswoman, Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), whose father sells her into marriage to a New Zealand frontiersman, Alistair Stewart (Sam Neill). She is shipped off along with her young daughter, Flora McGrath (Anna Paquin).
With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman’s awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion.
