The Piano
"Silence affects everyone in the end."
1993-05-18
7.374
en 120mDramaRomance
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.
Director
Jane Campion
Original Music Composer
Michael Nyman
Director of Photography
Stuart Dryburgh
Editor
Veronika Jenet
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 mute pianist playing piano woman director sign languages piano 19th century severed finger mother daughter relationship intimate dramatic intense
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$40,200,000Budget
$7,000,000Countries
- Australia
- France
Companies
- CiBy 2000
- Jan Chapman Productions
