Top billed cast

1. 

   Holly Hunter

   Ada McGrath

2. 

   Harvey Keitel

   George Baines

3. 

   Sam Neill

   Alisdair Stewart

4. 

   Anna Paquin

   Flora McGrath

5. 

   Cliff Curtis

   Mana

6. 

   Kerry Walker

   Aunt Morag

7. 

   Ian Mune

   Reverend

8. 

   Geneviève Lemon

   Nessie

9. 

   Pete Smith

   Hone

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2022-10-20

**A great movie.**

For me, this is one of the great films of 1993. The story is not pretty, and we could almost call it “love in times of mud”, not only because of the continuous rain and the amount of mud on the set, but mainly because of the rudeness and brutality of the male characters. However, the film is very good, it's engaging, captivating and really deserves to be brought back these days. Winner of three Oscars (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay), I believe it just didn't win more due to fierce competition from "Schindler's List". The film also ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,000,000.00

Revenue
$40,200,000.00

Keywords

• 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
• intimate
• dramatic
• intense