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The Piano
“Silence affects everyone in the end.”
7.4 / 10• 1993• 2h 0m•R• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Holly Hunter
Ada McGrath
Lead
Harvey Keitel
George Baines
Sam Neill
Alisdair Stewart
Anna Paquin
Flora McGrath
Cliff Curtis
Mana
Kerry Walker
Aunt Morag
Ian Mune
Reverend
Geneviève Lemon
Nessie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jane Campion's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Piano is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
