Directed by:
Jane CampionScreenplay:
Jane CampionCinematography:
Stuart DryburghComposer:
Michael NymanCast:
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Geneviève Lemon, Ian Mune, Pete Smith, Bruce Allpress, Cliff Curtis, Hori Ahipene, Mika X. (more)Plots(1)
Ada (Holly Hunter), mute since birth, her nine year old daughter (Anna Paquin), and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear it’s certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour (Harvey Keitel). She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she play’s - one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper and deeper into a complex emotional, sexual bond remarkable for its naïve passion and frightening disregard for limits. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Holly Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Incredibles (2004)
The Piano (1993)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Harvey Keitel
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Björk: Volumen (1999) (video compilation)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Sam Neill
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Piano (1993)
Anna Paquin
Canada
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
Almost Famous (2000)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Kerry Walker
Australia
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Piano (1993)
Australia (2008)
Geneviève Lemon
Australia
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
The Well (1997)
The Dressmaker (2015)
Ian Mune
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Once Were Warriors (1994)
The Piano (1993)
Pete Smith
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Once Were Warriors (1994)
The Piano (1993)
Bruce Allpress
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Piano (1993)
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Cliff Curtis
New Zealand
Best movies:
Once Were Warriors (1994)
The Piano (1993)
Blow (2001)
Hori Ahipene
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
Rapa Nui (1994)
The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003)
Tamati Rice
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
The Lost World (2001) (TV movie)
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Jon Brazier
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
The Ugly (1997)
Every Woman's Dream (1996) (TV movie)
Stephen Papps
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
Braindead (1992)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Timothy Raby
UK
Rose McIver
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997)
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Eru Potaka Dewes
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
Rapa Nui (1994)