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The Piano

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686. Best
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Drama / Romance / Music
Australia / New Zealand / France, 1993, 121 min (Alternative: 116 min)

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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)

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Awards

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Academy Awards

  • 1994 - Holly Hunter (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
  • 1994 - Anna Paquin (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
  • 1994 - Jane Campion (Best Original Screenplay)
  • 1994 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 1994 - Jane Campion (Best Achievement in Directing)
  • 1994 - Stuart Dryburgh (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
  • 1994 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • 1994 - Best Achievement in Costume Design