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The Piano is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion. It stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first major acting role.
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.
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and her young daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin), are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach.
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Nov 19, 1993 · The film opens with the arrival of a 30ish woman named Ada (Holly Hunter) and her young daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin), on a stormy gray beach. They have been rowed ashore, along with Ada’s piano, to meet a local bachelor named Stewart (Sam Neill), who has arranged to marry her.
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).
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).
Why The Piano is the greatest film directed by a woman. 25 November 2019. Hannah Strong. Features correspondent. Miramax / Alamy. Jane Campion’s stunning 1993 classic topped BBC Culture’s poll...
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...
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.
Nov 12, 1993 · A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses to move her beloved piano, giving it to neighbor George Baines, who agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons. As desire swirls around the duo, the wilderness consumes the European enclave.
