The Piano: A NovelThis is the screenplay of the film starring Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel. Ada, together with her nine-year-old illegitimate daughter Flora, and her piano, leave Scotland to arrive in the remote bush of 19th-century New Zealand for a marriage arranged by her father. |
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