The Piano
1993 · 2h 0m · Drama, Romance · Australia, France · Rated R (US)
Silence affects everyone in the end.
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.
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Jane Campion7.3Smart score
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19th centuryadulteryarranged marriagebeachculture clashdomestic violencedramaticforbidden loveintenseintimateisolationjealousylove trianglemaorimother daughter relationshipmutenew zealandpianistpianoplaying pianosecret lovesettlersevered fingersexualitysign languagesstrangenessviolent husbandwildernesswoman director
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