The Piano

The Piano is a 1993 film about a mute woman pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier New Zealand backwater. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin. It features an impressive score for the piano by Michael Nyman. Hunter played her own piano pieces for the film, and also served as teacher for Paquin, earning herself three different screen credits.

Trivia

President Bill Clinton is rumoured to have said, after viewing and obviously enjoying the film, "What was that all about?".

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