THE PIANO (1993)
Set in 19th century New Zealand, Jane Campion’s Palme d’Or winning masterpiece has been widely acclaimed as one of cinema’s great studies in desire, with the power to alienate and entrance. Ravishing and deeply unsettling in equal measure, it questions whether love can grow in conditions that have eliminated every other choice. Or is passion just another form of captivity?
With introduction by leading scholar.
Directed by Jane Campion, France/Australia, 1998, 121 mins, M 15+
Starring: Holy Hunter, Sam Neill, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin
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