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The Piano

The Piano
★ 7.4/10•1993•2h 0m•R•Drama•Romance

Silence affects everyone in the end.

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.

Jane Campion · Director

Jane Campion · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 0m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 18, 1993
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue$40,247,071

Actors

Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

Ada McGrath

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

George Baines

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Alisdair Stewart

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin

Flora McGrath

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

Mana

Kerry Walker

Kerry Walker

Aunt Morag

Ian Mune

Ian Mune

Reverend

Geneviève Lemon

Geneviève Lemon

Nessie

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Hone

Bruce Allpress

Bruce Allpress

Blind Piano Tuner

Rose McIver

Rose McIver

Angel

Verity George

Verity George

Bluebeard's Wife

Stephen Papps

Stephen Papps

Bluebeard

Karen Colston

Karen Colston

Bluebeard's Wife (Miss Palmer)

Eddie Campbell

Seaman

Te Whatanui Skipwith

Chief Nihe

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