Drama ·Romance · Australia · 1993 · 2h 0m

The Piano

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Director
Jane Campion
Cast
Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath Harvey Keitel as George Baines Sam Neill as Alisdair Stewart Anna Paquin as Flora McGrath Cliff Curtis as Mana Kerry Walker as Aunt Morag
Crew
Stuart Dryburgh — Director of Photography Veronika Jenet — Editor Michael Nyman — Original Music Composer Jane Campion — Writer Jan Chapman — Producer Andrew McAlpine — Production Design
Tagline

Silence affects everyone in the end.

Synopsis

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

Trailer The Piano — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
adulterysecret lovebeachjealousylove triangleisolationculture clashsexualityarranged marriagestrangenessviolent husbandnew zealand
Key Collaborators
Jane Campion Director Stuart Dryburgh Director of Photography Veronika Jenet Editor Michael Nyman Original Music Composer Jane Campion Writer Jan Chapman Producer Andrew McAlpine Production Design Janet Patterson Costume Design
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