The Piano
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Ada (Holly Hunter, who won an Oscar for her performance), who has been mute since birth, her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin, who ALSO won an Oscar for her role), and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings, her husband (the late Sam Neill) refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbor (Oscar-nominee Harvey Keitel). She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper and deeper into a complex emotional, sexual bond remarkable for its naive passion and frightening disregard for limits.
Written and directed by Jane Campion, who brought home The Piano's third Oscar by winning Best Original Screenplay, “The Piano remains one of the greatest achievements by a female filmmaker, beautifully encapsulating the female gaze and the female voice…it truly is a glowing achievement of filmmaking. Campion understands the inner workings of female desire, passion, and the sense of longing.”—Bianca Garner, Filmotomy.
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Call the Box Office at 207.873.7000 to obtain YAAF tickets. Pay it forward! Donate to YAAF here.
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Ada (Holly Hunter, who won an Oscar for her performance), who has been mute since birth, her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin, who ALSO won an Oscar for her role), and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings, her husband (the late Sam Neill) refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbor (Oscar-nominee Harvey Keitel). She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper and deeper into a complex emotional, sexual bond remarkable for its naive passion and frightening disregard for limits.
Written and directed by Jane Campion, who brought home The Piano's third Oscar by winning Best Original Screenplay, “The Piano remains one of the greatest achievements by a female filmmaker, beautifully encapsulating the female gaze and the female voice…it truly is a glowing achievement of filmmaking. Campion understands the inner workings of female desire, passion, and the sense of longing.”—Bianca Garner, Filmotomy.
This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Call the Box Office at 207.873.7000 to obtain YAAF tickets. Pay it forward! Donate to YAAF here.
WATCH TRAILER >