The Piano

The Piano (1993)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1993-05-18

Country

New Zealand, Australia, France

Production

CiBy 2000, Australian Film Commission, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Jan Chapman Productions

Genre

Drama, Romance

Budget

$7 000 000

Revenue

$40 157 856

Website

https://www.tf1international.tv/int_fiche.php?Type=7&Film=128&Order=1&oId=633

Director

Jane Campion

Actors

Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker, Ian Mune, Geneviève Lemon, Pete Smith, Bruce Allpress
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Scenario

Jane Campion

Producer

Jan Chapman, Alain Depardieu

Operator

Stuart Dryburgh

Composer

Michael Nyman

Artist

Jackie Gilmore

Audition

Victoria Thomas, Susie Figgis, Alison Barrett

Editing

Veronika Jenet
All team (32)

• Initially, Jane Campion planned to make a film about the history of several owners of a tool passed from hand to hand. But as she worked on the script, she concluded that the film would be quite sufficient with a single storyline.
• Jane Campion received the Palme d'Or at Cannes for this film, becoming the first female director to be awarded this prize.
• Holly Hunter, who plays the main role, has been playing the piano since the age of nine. She played most of the piano pieces in the film herself.
• The performance shown in the film is a production of "Bluebeard." It refers to Charles Perrault's (1628-1703) fairy tale about a man who married, killed his wives for disobeying him, and married again. The main heroine of the tale (Bluebeard's current wife) managed to escape her husband and find her happiness.
• For her role as Ada, Holly Hunter was nominated for various film awards 15 times and won 14 of them.
• Jane Campion received the Palme d'Or at Cannes for this film, becoming the first female director to be awarded the prize.