It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada cannot speak and she has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano.
Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's North Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbor, George.
Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation.
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La leçon de piano
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The Grand Old Duke of York
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The Flowers of the Forest
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In Re Don Giovanni
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Bird List
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Queen Of The Night (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
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Water Dances : Dipping
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Water Dances : Stroking
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The Upside-Down Violin : Slow
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The Upside-Down Violin : Faster
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The Upside-Down Violin : Faster Still
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The Piano - Concert Suite : To The Edge Of The Earth
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The Piano - Concert Suite : The Promise - The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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The Piano - Concert Suite : Here To There
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The Piano - Concert Suite : Lost & Found
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The Piano - Concert Suite : The Embrace
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The Piano - Concert Suite : All Imperfect Things
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The Piano - Concert Suite : Dreams Of A Journey
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To The Edge Of The Earth
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Big My Secret
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A Wild And Distant Shore
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The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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Here To There
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The Promise
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A Bed Of Ferns
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The Fling
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The Scent Of Love
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Deep Into The Forest
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The Mood That Passes Through You
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Lost And Found
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The Embrace
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Little Impulse
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The Sacrifice
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I Clipped Your Wing
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The Wounded
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All Imperfect Things
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Dreams Of A Journey
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The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (Edit)
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Becoming Jerome - Gattaca
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House On Fire - The Actors
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Digital Tragedy - Man With a Movie Camera
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Zinc Bar - The Actors
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The Mood That Passes Through You - The Piano
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Silver-Fingered Fling - The Piano
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Through the Only Window
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Sadie's Song
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An Eye for Optical Theory - The Draughtsman's Contract
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Dolores - The Actors
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The 7th Visit - Everyday
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The Mistress - The Libertine
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House On Fire (Reprise) - The Actors
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Franklyn - Wonderland
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THE PIANO: Big My Secret
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Deep Sleep Playing
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Silver Fingered Fling
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The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle
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CARRINGTON: Fly Drive
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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK: If
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The School Room
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DROWNING BY NUMBERS: Ship and Tides
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ENEMY ZERO: Digital Tragedy
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Love
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A ZED & TWO NOUGHTS: Time Lapse
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GATTACA: Tomorrow
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Departure
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THE PIANO: Lost and Found
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The Piano: "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
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Emmanuelle: "Emmanuelle"
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Bilitis: "Bilitis"
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Eyes Wide Shut: "Waltz No. 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2"
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Body Heat: "Body Heat"
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The Hunger: "Lakme (The Flower Duet)"
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Betty Blue: "Betty Blue"
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Farewell, My Concubine: "Bygone Love"
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Basic Instinct: "Basic Instinct"
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Fatal Attraction: "Fatal Attraction"
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Indecent Proposal: "Indecent Proposal"
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Sex and the City: "Sex and the City"
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My Big Secret
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With The Help Of God, Shine
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Scales To America
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Prelude No. 15, Opus 28 (Chopin)
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Sospiro (Liszt)
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Disc Time:
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The English Patient
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Conventino Di Sant Anna
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End Credits
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Impromptu In G Flat, D 899, No. 3 (Schubert)
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Impromptu In A Flat, D 899, No. 4 (Schubert)
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Love Remains
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Queen Of The Night (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
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Sadie's Song
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An Eye for Optical Theory - The Draughtsman's Contract
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