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The Piano( 1993)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Holly Hunter

      Ada McGrath

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      Harvey Keitel

      George Baines

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      Sam Neill

      Alisdair Stewart

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      Anna Paquin

      Flora McGrath

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      Cliff Curtis

      Mana

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      Kerry Walker

      Aunt Morag

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      Ian Mune

      Reverend

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      Geneviève Lemon

      Nessie

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      Pete Smith

      Hone

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      Bruce Allpress

      Blind Piano Tuner

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      Rose McIver

      Angel

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      Verity George

      Bluebeard's Wife

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      Stephen Papps

      Bluebeard

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      Karen Colston

      Bluebeard's Wife (Miss Palmer)

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      Eddie Campbell

      Seaman

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      Te Whatanui Skipwith

      Chief Nihe

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      Tungia Baker

      Hira

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      Neil Gudsell

      Tahu

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      Jon Sperry

      Taunting Man

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      Greg Mayor

      Tipi

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Sun Feb 18 2018
    Jane Campion's third feature film, THE PIANO is a historical drama that tells of a Scottish woman, Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), who is married off to a colonist in New Zealand that she has never met. Ada is mute, a development that mysteriously came upon her in childhood, but she is a virtuoso pianist and her cherished instrument is one way she communicates her feelings to the world. As Ada and her illegitimate daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) land on the shores of New Zealand's South Island sometime in the mid-19th century, her new husband Stewart (Sam Neill) ignores her sign-language entreaties to...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    7000000.00

    Revenue

    40200000.00

    Keywords

    • adultery
    • secret love
    • beach
    • jealousy
    • love triangle
    • isolation
    • culture clash
    • sexuality
    • arranged marriage
    • strangeness
    • violent husband
    • new zealand
    • maori
    • settler
    • wilderness
    • mute
    • pianist
    • playing piano
    • woman director
    • sign languages
    • piano
    • 19th century
    • severed finger
    • mother daughter relationship