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Movie
description |
-Holly
Hunter
-Harvey
Keitel
-Sam
Neill
This
controversially
erotic
film
from
New
Zealand
established
screenwriter-director
Jane
Campion
as a
universally
recognized
talent.
Holly
Hunter
stars
as
Ada,
a
mute
19th-century
woman
sent
to
New
Zealand
in
an
arranged
marriage
with
a
patriarchal
landowner
(Sam
Neill).
She
brings
along
her
daughter,
Flora
(Anna
Paquin),
and
tries
to
also
bring
her
beloved
piano,
much
to
the
consternation
of
her
new
husband,
who
abandons
the
piano
on a
beach.
Artistically
and
emotionally
frustrated,
Ada
finds
herself
experiencing
an
erotic
awakening
when
Baines
(Harvey
Keitel),
an
illiterate
settler
covered
with
Maori
tattoos,
rescues
her
piano,
buys
it
from
her
husband,
then
strikes
a
strange
bargain
with
Ada
that
gradually
leads
to
her
sexual
awakening--and
to
an
explosive
confrontation.
Jaw-droppingly
beautfiul
with
its
purple
and
green
palette
of
untamed
New
Zealand
scenery,
THE
PIANO
is
both
a
ravishing
love
story
and
a
psychosexual
fairy
tale
on a
par
with
WUTHERING
HEIGHTS
and
JANE
EYRE.
Featuring
a
haunting
piano
score
by
Michael
Nyman
and
brilliant
performances,
THE
PIANO
is a
masterpiece,
considered
one
of
the
best
films
of
the
1990s.
Portions
of
this
page
Copyright
1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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