The Piano (1993)
A mute woman along with her young daughter, and her prized piano, are sent to 1850s New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, and she's soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.
13 May 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 April 1964, England, UK
January 01, 2011
Charged tale of a woman's awakening for older teens and up.
June 24, 2006
Campion never underestimates the power physical obsession exerts over human souls, and, for once, a modern film treats erotic passion honestly.
January 01, 2000
[An] evocative, powerful, extraordinarily beautiful film from the Australian director Jane Campion.
August 18, 2009
A stunning mood piece and a haunting adult fairy tale.
August 26, 2011
[VIDEO] "The Piano" is a powerful film for its slow, inevitable inertia of drama.
May 10, 2007
Sweetie and An Angel at My Table have taught us to expect startling as well as beautiful things from Jane Campion, and this assured and provocative third feature (1993) offers yet another lush parable.
May 20, 2003
Ms. Campion somehow suggests states of mind you've never before recognized on the screen.
August 15, 2011
A melancholy film exploring the despair and passion that arises from difficult situations.
July 14, 2007
Sublime - Holly Hunter's best work.
January 01, 2000
The Piano is as peculiar and haunting as any film I've seen.
May 15, 2008
It's often incorrectly reduced to a feminist fable, but the scope of Jane Campion's achievement is broader. If anything The Piano is a masterwork of humanism.
January 01, 2000
The Piano is a solid motion picture with a universal message and occasional splashes of genius, but it is remarkable only as Holly Hunter's performance is concerned.
