Deep Passionate Love and the Piano

Rating: 7/10 (18 September 2013)

This movie is one where passion gets intertwined with love! The passion for playing a piano and the love for another person.
Holly Hunter plays a mute lady who has been playing piano. The narrative at the starting and the end in turn defines this movie and provides it the lens to watch it and grasp it at the end.
It is about a widow (Hunter) who gets married to a Sam Neil who plays a landowner in a Maori tribe region. After traveling to distant land with her daughter (young Paquin) she tries to adapt. Her husbands resistance for keeping the piano outside starts her off the wrong track.
Harvey ( the plantation worker) who is mystified by her playing the piano tries to provide her with the space to play by requesting Neil to let her teach the piano. As the story progresses, the bond which starts from music grows into love.
There are constant doubts raised on part of Harvey, if Hunter loves him or it is just the piano. In between her passion and her growing love lies a story worth exploring.
Insecurity (on Neill's part), Passion (Hunter's piano), and Love (Hunter-Harvey) make this plot interesting. What should go without fail is the role of Paquin in her young perception of her mother and her new found father.
For all the complexity, I give it a 7 on 10.