Piano (The)
- Director: Jane Campion
- Writer: Jane Campion
- Producer: Jan Chapman; Alain Depardieu
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It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada cannot speak and she has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's North Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbor, George. Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation.
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Cast & Characters
Holly Hunter as Ada;
Harvey Keitel as Baines;
Sam Neill as Stewart;
Anna Paquin as Flora;
Kerry Walker as Aunt Morag;
Genevieve Lemon as Nessie;
Tungia Baker as Hira;
Ian Mune as Reverend;
Peter Dennett as Head Seaman;
Te Whatanui Skipwith as Chief Nihe;
Pete Smith as Hone;
Bruce Allpress as Blind Piano Tuner;
Cliff Curtis as Mana;
Carla Rupuha as Heni;
Mahina Tunui as Mere