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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Best Original screenplay
 
Australian Film Inst. (1993)
Winner
Best Motion Picture of the Year
 
Achievement in directing
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Best Screenplay
 
Achievement in cinematography
 
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
 
Achievement in Costume Design
 
Achievement in Sound
 
Achievement in film editing
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Cannes (1993)
Winner
Best Motion Picture of the Year
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
 
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 
L.A. Film Critics (1993)
Winner
Achievement in directing
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Achievement in cinematography
 
Best Screenplay
 
Natl. Bd. of Review (1993)
Winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
N.Y. Film Critics (1993)
Winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Achievement in directing
 
Best Screenplay
 
Natl. Soc. Film Critics (1993)
Winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Best Screenplay
 
Best Original screenplay
 
Nominated
Best Picture of the year
 
Achievement in directing - Jane Campion
 
Achievement in cinematography
 
Achievement in Costume Design
 
Achievement in film editing
 
Nominated
Best Motion Picture of the Year
 
Achievement in directing - Jane Campion
 
Best Original screenplay
 
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
 
Achievement in directing - Jane Campion
 
Nominated
Best Motion Picture - Drama
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Anna Paquin
 
Achievement in directing - Jane Campion
 
Best Screenplay
 
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
 
 
 

The Piano


In the 1850s, Ada (Hunter), a mute Scottish widow with a young daughter, agrees to an arranged marriage with Stewart (Neill), a colonial landowner in New Zealand. The way she expresses her feelings is by playing her cherished piano, left behind on the beach by her new husband. Another settler, George (Keitel), buys it, arranges for lessons with Ada, and soon the duo begin a grand passion leading to a cruelly calculated revenge. Fiercely poetic and well acted (with Keitel in a notably romantic role), though the film may be too dark and intense for some. Fine original score with Hunter doing her own piano playing.
 
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Color
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VHS, CC, Wide, DVD
Distributor:
Artisan Entertainment
 

 
 
 
 
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