The Piano

1993 Jane Campion 2h

Drama Romance

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-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.

Cast

Holly Hunter Ada McGrath

Harvey Keitel George Baines

Sam Neill Alisdair Stewart

Anna Paquin Flora McGrath

Cliff Curtis Mana

Kerry Walker Aunt Morag

Ian Mune Reverend

Geneviève Lemon Nessie

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Double Feature Pairings

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