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The Piano

Silence affects everyone in the end.

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.

19932h 0mRDrama, Romance

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About The Piano

Directors
Jane Campion
Cast
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker
Genres
Drama, Romance
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
Australia, France, New Zealand
Status
Released

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