Product Information
A woman, her daughter and her piano arrive in the remote backlands of 19th Century New Zealand for an arranged marriage. But her future husband refuses to move the piano from the beach. In order that she might get her piano back she agrees certain favours with an illiterate neighbour.Product Identifiers
EAN5060034576266
eBay Product ID (ePID)54614026
Product Key Features
ActorHarvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, Sam Neill, Holly Hunter
Film/TV TitleThe Piano
DirectorJane Campion
Release Year2006
GenreDrama, General
Run Time121 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureNew Zealand
Number of Discs1
ComposerMichael Nyman
AwardsBest Actress In A Supporting Role 1994 - Anna Paquin, Best Actress In A Leading Role 1994 - Holly Hunter, Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1994 - Jane Campion
Additional InformationA mute woman arrives with her daughter and her piano for an arranged marriage in New Zealand. This controversially erotic film established screenwriter-director Jane Campion as a universally recognised talent. Holly Hunter stars as Ada, a mute 19th-century woman sent to New Zealand in an arranged marriage with a patriarchal landowner (Sam Neill). She brings along her daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin), and tries to also bring her beloved piano, much to the consternation of her new husband, who abandons the piano on a beach. Artistically and emotionally frustrated, Ada finds herself experiencing an erotic awakening when Baines (Harvey Keitel), an illiterate settler covered with Maori tattoos, rescues her piano, buys it from her husband, then strikes a strange bargain with Ada that gradually leads to her sexual awakening--and to an explosive confrontation. Jaw-droppingly beautiful with its purple and green palette of untamed New Zealand scenery, THE PIANO is both a ravishing love story and a psychosexual fairy tale on a par with WUTHERING HEIGHTS and JANE EYRE. Featuring a haunting piano score by Michael Nyman and brilliant performances, THE PIANO is an exceptional film.
ReviewsSight And Sound - The lighting is crepuscular, the costumes heavy and the atmosphere brooding, New York Times - A severely beautiful, mysterious movie that, as if by magic, liberates the romantic imagination....[The] principal performances are extraordinary
Movie/TV TitleThe Piano