Silence affects everyone in the end.
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.
DramaRomanceadulterysecret lovebeachjealousylove triangleisolationculture clashsexualityarranged marriagestrangenessviolent husbandnew zealand
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Character
Earnest, grave, prestige and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
61 profiled raters. Loved most by The Archivists; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Holly HunterAda McGrath
- Harvey KeitelGeorge Baines
- Sam NeillAlisdair Stewart
- Anna PaquinFlora McGrath
- Cliff CurtisMana
- Kerry WalkerAunt Morag
- Ian MuneReverend
- Geneviève LemonNessie
- Pete SmithHone
- Bruce AllpressBlind Piano Tuner
Crew
- Jane CampionDirector
- Jane CampionWriter
- Stuart DryburghDirector of Photography
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Veronika JenetEditor
- Jan ChapmanProducer
Pairings
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Similar in taste
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