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The Piano(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-05-18
74%
1598 Votes
Time: 2h 0m
Silence affects everyone in the end.
Overview:
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.
Languages: Maori, English.
Countries:
New Zealand,
Australia,
France
Budget: $7,000,000.00
Revenue: $40,200,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Jan Chapman Productions
Movie: The Piano
Top 10 Billed 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
Pete Smith
Hone
Bruce Allpress
Blind Piano Tuner
Video Trailer The Piano
Video: Official 25th Anniversary Trailer
Official 25th Anniversary Trailer
Jane Campion's THE PIANO 🎹 - Video Essay by the Cinema Cartography
All 2 videos
Official 25th Anniversary Trailer - Trailer
Jane Campion's THE PIANO 🎹 - Video Essay by the Cinema Cartography - Featurette
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