Throwback on the Big Screen: The Piano

Throwback on the Big Screen

The Piano

Fri , September 18th, 5PM

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1993 | Romance/Drama| Directed by Jane Campion | 2h 1m | R

Ada – mute since birth – her nine year old daughter and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband 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 neighbour. 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..

“The film is a masterclass in dramatic structure and rolls through Campion’s meticulous screenplay beats with effortless elan, right up to the axe-wielding climax. Almost the perfect film”.– Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)

“As tender, remarkable and sincere as drama comes.”. – Hannah Strong, Little White Lies

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