The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,968 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,695 audience votes
Key crew
- Jane CampionDirector
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Jane CampionWriter
Cast
- Holly HunterAda McGrath
- Harvey KeitelGeorge Baines
- Sam NeillAlisdair Stewart
- Anna PaquinFlora McGrath
- Cliff CurtisMana
- Kerry WalkerAunt Morag
- Ian MuneReverend
- Geneviève LemonNessie
- Pete SmithHone
- Bruce AllpressBlind Piano Tuner
- Rose McIverAngel
- Verity GeorgeBluebeard's Wife
Stills
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Themes
adulterysecret lovebeachjealousylove triangleisolationculture clashsexualityarranged marriagestrangenessviolent husbandnew zealand
The Best Movies of 1993
The Piano is #12 of 60
