7.4/10
NETFLIX Rating : 3.6
IMDB Rating : 7.6
FD Smart Rating : 7.4
Synopsis : Holly Hunter stars as a mute but strong-willed 19th-century Scottish expatriate who arrives in New Zealand with her daughter and her beloved piano.
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Japan
Ian Mune , Sam Neill , Harvey Keitel , Holly Hunter , Tungia Baker , Anna Paquin , Kerry Walker , Genevieve Lemon
English [Original]
Japanese
Drama, Music, Romance
1993
2h0m
Recommended for ages 18 and above only
It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada is a mute who has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's North Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbour, George. Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation.