THE PIANO
Synopsis
A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses to move her beloved piano, giving it to neighbor George Baines, who agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons. As desire swirls around the duo, the wilderness consumes the European enclave.
Synopsis
A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses to move her beloved piano, giving it to neighbor George Baines, who agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons. As desire swirls around the duo, the wilderness consumes the European enclave.
Our take
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Jane Campion’s masterwork concerns a woman’s fortitude in a forced marriage. Uniting two of the finest actors of the era—Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter—The Piano is a sensuous vision of unlikely romance amid an unforgiving landscape.