I midten af 1800-tallet rejser en ung enke fra Skotland til New Zealand, hvor hun har aftalt giftermål med en mand, hun aldrig har set. Med sig har hun sin datter, lidt bagage - samt sit dyrebare klaver.
Stjerner: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker
Mandskab: Veronika Jenet (Editor), Stuart Dryburgh (Director of Photography), Jane Campion (Director), Michael Nyman (Original Music Composer), Jane Campion (Screenplay), Colin Englert (Second Unit Director)
Land: Australia, France, New Zealand
Sprog: , English
Studio: New South Wales Film & Television Office, Jan Chapman Productions, Australian Film Commission, CiBy 2000
Kørsel: 116 minutter
Kvalitet: HD
Udgivet: May 18, 1993
IMDb: 3.6
nøgleord:adultery, secret love, beach, jealousy, love triangle, isolation, culture clash, sexuality, arranged marriage, strangeness, violent husband, new zealand, maori, settler, wilderness, mute, pianist, playing piano, woman director, sign languages, piano, 19th century, severed finger, mother daughter relationship
