The Piano - Jane Campion (NZ/AUS/FR, 1993, 1h 57m)

Sam Neill rip ***“With THE PIANO, Jane Campion gives us one of the strongest female characters of the late 20th century, entangled in a story that is as vast, as dark, and as deep as the ocean itself.”*** *—The Film Magazine* *“THE PIANO is a tonic for the tired soul … It offers a complete way of seeing, an uncompromised view of the world by a writer-director whose command of the visual and emotional aspects of filmmaking is fearless and profound.”* *—The LA Times* *“Visually sumptuous and tactile.”* *—Variety* *“THE PIANO is as peculiar and haunting as any film I’ve seen.”* *—Roger Ebert* Mute pianist Ada (Holly Hunter) arrives in colonial New Zealand with her daughter (Anna Paquin) for an arranged marriage. When her domineering husband (Sam Neill) refuses to transport her cherished piano, a frontiersman (Harvey Keitel) offers a deal: land in exchange for the piano and private lessons. What follows is an evocative story of one woman’s awakening to passion from writer-director Jane Campion. Winner of the Palme d’Or and three Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay. **New 4K restoration.** -- *Write-up by the Austin Film Society* [Film Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeHHVJGrfpk) [Tickets can be bought online at this link.](https://austinfilmsociety.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/instances/a3CUQ00000Vo9e92AB) **Meetup Ratings:** Rating system on meetup is meant for rating our meetup event and not the quality of the movie. We hope you give us best possible rating as this makes us possible to attract more cinema-lovers like you! Thanks! We also have a discord chat server for our community. You may join it here: https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH **Meetup Structure:** 1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening. (Look for movie poster, **Deserto Rosso**: [poster image link](https://ibb.co/NpCg7x3) ) 2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot. 3: The group will decide where to go for post-screening discussion