Jung & Film Online | The Piano

You are warmly invited to attend our first film evening of 2022 for a viewing and discussion of The Piano (run time 2 hours 1 minute).  The Piano is a 1993 release from the writer/director Jane Campion. In the mid-1800s, the young widow Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter, in an Oscar-winning performance) arrives on the wild shores of New Zealand from strait-laced Victorian Scotland. This event sets the stage for a rich exploration of themes around clashes of cultures and personalities, repressed sexuality and passion, contrasting expressions of masculinity, and feminine power in the face of oppressive patriarchy. Mute since childhood, Ada expresses her passionate nature through playing her precious piano, which also serves as vehicle for advancing and expressing the complex relationships which develop around it. The first and only film (until last year) by a woman director to receive the Palme d’Or at Cannes, The Piano also features a mesmerizing sound track by Michael Nyman and magnificent cinematography. This superbly filmed, directed, and acted movie envelops the viewer in its unique world, and builds to an unforgettable climax.