Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), the mute Scotswoman and talented pianist arrives with her strong-willed young daughter Flora (Paquin) in the New Zealand wilderness. She is to marry frontiersman Alistair Stewart (Sam Neill), having been sold him by her father, but takes an immediate dislike to him after he refuses to carry her beloved piano home with them, instead selling it to his overseer George Baines (Harvey Keitel). Attracted to Ada, Baines agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons that gradually become a series of erotically charged sexual encounters.

GENRE: Drama, Romance
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 2h 1m
RELEASE DATE: February 11, 1994
STARRING: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
DIRECTOR(S): Jane Campion
PRODUCER(S): Jan Chapman
WRITER(S): Jane Campion
STUDIO: Miramax Films