The Piano

The Piano

Silence affects everyone in the end.

R 1993 · 120 min · ★ 7.4 (2K) · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Jane Campion · Written by Jane Campion

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