Ada – mute since birth – her 9 year old daughter and piano arrive t...
Ada – mute since birth – her 9 year old daughter and piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of 19th century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour. She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certa...
Ada – mute since birth – her 9 year old daughter and piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of 19th century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour. She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all 3 deeper & deeper into a complex emotional, sexual bond remarkable for its naive passion and frightening disregard for limits.