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The Piano (1993)

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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 & Crew

Director
Jane Campion
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    Ada McGrath Holly Hunter
  • Profile picture of Harvey Keitel
    George Baines Harvey Keitel
  • Profile picture of Sam Neill
    Alisdair Stewart Sam Neill
  • Profile picture of Anna Paquin
    Flora McGrath Anna Paquin
  • Profile picture of Cliff Curtis
    Mana Cliff Curtis
  • Profile picture of Kerry Walker
    Aunt Morag Kerry Walker
  • Profile picture of Ian Mune
    Reverend Ian Mune
  • Profile picture of Geneviève Lemon
    Nessie Geneviève Lemon

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