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The Piano (1993)
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
7.5
90%Runtime120 min
Rating15
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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.
Critical Reception & Ratings
The Piano (1993) directed by Jane Campion is a critically acclaimed romantic drama that has received strong positive reviews. The film was a major awards contender, winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and earning multiple Academy Award nominations. With a rating of 7.5/10 on IMDb and a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has also found significant success with general audiences.
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Jane Campion's visually poetic and emotionally resonant period drama follows a mute Scottish woman's journey of self-discovery and sexual awakening in 19th-century New Zealand.
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The Piano is a 1993 historical romance film written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion. It stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin. The film focuses on a mute Scottish woman who travels to a remote part of New Zealand with her young daughter after her arranged marriage to a settler. The plot has similarities to Jane Mander's 1920 novel, The Story of a New Zealand River, but also substantial differences. Campion has cited the novels Wuthering Heights and The African Queen as inspirations.
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