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The Piano (1993)
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Ratings: 7.5/10 from 37,884 users
Metascore:
89/100
Reviews: 218 user | 68 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com A mute woman along with her young daughter, and her prized piano, are sent to 1850s New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, and she's soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. Director:Jane CampionWriter:Jane Campion |
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Kerry Walker | ... |
Aunt Morag
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Geneviève Lemon | ... |
Nessie
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Tungia Baker | ... |
Hira
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Reverend
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Peter Dennett | ... |
Head Seaman
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Te Whatanui Skipwith | ... |
Chief Nihe
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Pete Smith | ... |
Hone
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Bruce Allpress | ... |
Blind Piano Tuner
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Mana
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Carla Rupuha | ... |
Heni - Mission Girl
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Mahina Tunui | ... |
Mere - Mission Girl
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Storyline
It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada is a mute who has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's South Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbour, George. Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation. Written by Patrick Dominick <ptd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au>
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La leçon de piano See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$40,158,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Ada: The voice you hear is not my speaking voice - -but my mind's voice. I have not spoken since I was six years old. No one knows why - -not even me. My father says it is a dark talent, and the day I take it into my head to stop breathing will be my last...
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Continuity: When the boat leaves the island, Ada trails her hand in the water, which is still and calm. On long shots, it is foaming from the action of the oars, and the boat on the water. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ada: The voice you hear is not my speaking voice - -but my mind's voice. I have not spoken since I was six years old. No one knows why - -not even me. My father says it is a dark talent, and the day I take it into my head to stop breathing will be my last...
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