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.
Title | The Piano |
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Year | 1993 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Country | Australia, France, New Zealand |
Studio | New South Wales Film & Television Office, Jan Chapman Productions, Australian Film Commission, CiBy 2000 |
Cast | Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker |
Crew | Jane Campion (Director), Jane Campion (Screenplay), Michael Nyman (Original Music Composer), Stuart Dryburgh (Director of Photography), Veronika Jenet (Editor), Meryl Cronin (Set Decoration) |
Keyword | 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 |
Release | May 18, 1993 |
Runtime | 117 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.38 / 10 by 1,483 users |
Popularity | 20 |
Budget | 7,000,000 |
Revenue | 40,200,000 |
Language | English, |