The Piano
Silence affects everyone in the end.
Country
Production
Budget
$7 000 000
Box office
$40 209 708
Director
Actors
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker, Ian Mune, Geneviève Lemon, Pete Smith, Bruce Allpress
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jan Chapman, Alain Depardieu
Camera operator
Stuart Dryburgh
Composer
Artist
Andrew McAlpine, Jackie Gilmore
Audition
Victoria Thomas, Susie Figgis, Alison Barrett
Editing
Veronika Jenet
Whole Team (32)
Whole Team (32)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, Jane Campion planned to make a film about the history of several owners of a tool passed from hand to hand. But as she worked on the script, she concluded that the film would be quite sufficient with a single storyline.
- Holly Hunter, who plays the main role, has been playing the piano since the age of nine. She played most of the piano pieces in the film herself.
- The performance shown in the film is a production of "Bluebeard." It refers to Charles Perrault's (1628-1703) fairy tale about a man who married, killed his wives for disobeying him, and married again. The main heroine of the tale (Bluebeard's current wife) managed to escape her husband and find her happiness.
- For her role as Ada, Holly Hunter was nominated for various film awards 15 times and won 14 of them.
- Jane Campion received the Palme d'Or at Cannes for this film, becoming the first female director to be awarded the prize.
- Jane Campion originally planned to make a film about the history of several owners of an instrument passing from hand to hand. However, as she worked on the screenplay, she concluded that a single storyline would be quite sufficient for the film.
- Jane Campion won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for this film, becoming the first female director to be honored with this award.
- Lead actress Holly Hunter has played the piano since she was nine years old. She performed most of the piano pieces in the film herself.
- The play shown in the film is a production of 'Bluebeard.' It is based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703) about a man who married, killed his wives for disobeying him, and then married again. The main character of the tale (Bluebeard's current wife) manages to escape her husband and find her own happiness.
- For her role as Ada, Holly Hunter was nominated for various film awards 15 times, winning 14 of them.
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