The Piano
New Zealand • 1993 • 2h
Director
#1110Criterion Collection →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.
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorJane Campion
WriterJane Campion
CinematographerStuart Dryburgh
ComposerMichael Nyman
EditorVeronika Jenet
ProducerJan Chapman
Cast
Holly Hunteras Ada McGrath
Harvey Keitelas George Baines
Sam Neillas Alisdair Stewart
Anna Paquinas Flora McGrath
