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Mood:
- GloomyCaptivatingSexualStylized
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Plot:
- Human NatureCouple RelationsLove AffairLove TriangleLove and RomanceMind and SoulMisfitCouples more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodRomanceIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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Place:
- New Zealand
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Audience:
- Girls' Night
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerModern ClassicCannes Festival WinnerGolden Globe WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- Strong Female Role
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Score:
- Classical
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Flag:
- NudityStrong Violent ContentViolent Content
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The Piano, 1993
English, British Sign Language, Maori
Australia, New Zealand, France
Profile of The Piano
The Piano can be described as gloomy, captivating, and sexual. The plot revolves around a love triangle, human nature, and misfits. The main genres are drama, independent, and romance. In terms of style, The Piano stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Piano is located in New Zealand. It takes place in the 19th century. The soundtrack is classical. The Piano has received attention for being a Cannes festival winner, a Golden Globe winner, and a modern classic. It is well suited for a girls' night. Note that it involves strong violent content, nudity, and violent content.
Summary of The Piano
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.
Details
| Language: | English, British Sign Language, Maori |
| Country: | Australia, New Zealand, France |
| Release date: | 12 November 1993 |
| Runtime: | 121 min |
| Awards: | Cannes,Academy Awards |
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as Ada McGrath
as George Baines
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Critics Reviews
Variety
The Piano confirms Campion as a major talent, an uncompromising filmmaker with a very personal and specific vision.
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- by: David Stratton
Entertainment Weekly
By the end, Campion views all her characters with a compassion bordering on grace, a humanity-like her heroine's-as dark, quiet, and enveloping as the ocean.
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
Users Reviews
This period drama is quite heavy, serious and gloomy, but it's also gripping. Curiously enough it's really sweeping even though the pace is slow. The acting is wonderful and overall I highly recommend it, as long as you're not looking for something...
- 12.August.2008
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- by: may.graff
- may.graff rated this movie
9/10Amazing
