Title The Piano Overview After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man named Alisdair Stewart. Making little attempt to warm up to Alisdair, Ada soon becomes intrigued by his Maori-friendly acquaintance, George Baines, leading to tense, life-altering conflicts. Genres Drama, Romance Keywords love triangle, scotland, mother, adultery, sexuality, jealousy, culture clash, isolation, eroticism, strangeness, penalty, violent husband, new zealand, maori, arranged marriage, piano lessons, settler, wilderness, deceived husband, marriage, secret love, woman director Production Companies New South Wales Film & Television Office, The Australian Film Commission, CiBy 2000, Jan Chapman Productions Production Countries New Zealand, Australia, France Spoken Languages English, Original Language en Runtime minutes 121 Release Year 1993
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 117 million USD