“Silence affects everyone in the end.”
The Piano
7.4
1,659 votes·1993
·2h 0m
·MovieDramaRomance
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget5.7x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
adulterysecret lovebeachjealousylove triangleisolationculture clashsexualityarranged marriagestrangenessviolent husbandnew zealand
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
Rose McIver
Angel
Verity George
Bluebeard's Wife
Stephen Papps
Bluebeard
Karen Colston
Bluebeard's Wife (Miss Palmer)
Eddie Campbell
Seaman
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