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Where was The Piano filmed?

1993 film, directed by Jane Campion.

  • New Zealand

The story is set in New Zealand, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New Zealand; Nelson, Scotland
Filmed in
New Zealand
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About The Piano

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Released
1993
Director
Jane Campion
Cast
Harvey KeitelAnna PaquinSam NeillHolly HunterTungia BakerBruce AllpressGenevieve LemonCliff CurtisPete SmithIan Mune
Genre
DramaRomance
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Actress; Academy Award for Best Writing; Original Screenplay and 29 more

In the mid-19th century, Ada McGrath, a Scottish woman with elective mutism, travels to colonial New Zealand with her daughter Flora for an arranged marriage to settler Alisdair Stewart.

The next day, Alisdair arrives with his Māori crew and neighbour George Baines, a retired sailor who has adapted to Māori customs, including facial tattoos.

Ada is enraged by George's proposition but agrees to trade lessons for piano keys.

Famous lines from The Piano

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Oh indeed.Aunt Morag
  • No, no sound.Aunt Morag
  • No sound at all?Aunt Morag
  • No, it was a table.Stewart
  • Like it were a piano?Aunt Morag

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