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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 · A mute woman (Holly Hunter) travels to New Zealand with her daughter and piano for an arranged marriage, but falls in love with a farm worker (Harvey Keitel). The film won three Oscars and features a haunting soundtrack by Michael Nyman.
- (96K)
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Jane Campion
- 1994-02-11
Nov 19, 1993 · A woman who cannot speak communicates through her piano and sign language on a bleak New Zealand coast. She faces a silent husband, a seductive neighbor and a rebellious daughter in this haunting and original drama by Jane Campion.
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.
- (72)
- Jane Campion
- R
- Holly Hunter
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.
- Jane Campion
- R
- 6
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).
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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).
