The Piano
"Silence affects everyone in the end."
1993-05-18
7.372
en 120mDramaRomance
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.
Original Music Composer
Michael Nyman
Director
Jane Campion
Editor
Veronika Jenet
Director of Photography
Stuart Dryburgh
Set Decoration
Meryl Cronin
Producer
Jan Chapman
adultery secret love beach jealousy love triangle isolation culture clash sexuality arranged marriage strangeness violent husband new zealand maori settler wilderness forbidden love mute domestic violence pianist playing piano woman director sign languages piano 19th century severed finger mother daughter relationship intimate dramatic intense
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$40,247,071Budget
$7,000,000Countries
- Australia
- France
- New Zealand
Companies
- CiBy 2000
- Jan Chapman Productions
