The Piano
Silence affects everyone in the end.
Silence affects everyone in the end.
Drama, Romance
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1993
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When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-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.
Director:
Cast:
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Sam Neill
,
Cliff Curtis
,
Pete Smith
,
Ian Mune
,
Anna Paquin
,
Kerry Walker
,
Geneviève Lemon
,
Holly Hunter
,
Bruce Allpress
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Details
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
18 May 1993
Country:
AU, FR, NZ
Languages:
English, Māori
Budget:
$7,000,000
Revenue:
$40,247,071
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 65 wins & 57 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Sweetie and An Angel at My Table have taught us to expect startling as well as beautiful things from Jane Campion, and this assured and provocative third feature (1993) offers yet another lush parable.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
10 May 2007
fresh:
Campion never underestimates the power physical obsession exerts over human souls, and, for once, a modern film treats erotic passion honestly.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Ms. Campion somehow suggests states of mind you've never before recognized on the screen.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
[An] evocative, powerful, extraordinarily beautiful film from the Australian director Jane Campion.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The Piano is as peculiar and haunting as any film I've seen.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000