When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-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.
Cast
Holly Hunter
Ada McGrath
Harvey Keitel
George Baines
Sam Neill
Alisdair Stewart
Anna Paquin
Flora McGrath
Cliff Curtis
Mana
Kerry Walker
Aunt Morag
Ian Mune
Reverend
Geneviève Lemon
Nessie
Pete Smith
Hone
Bruce Allpress
Blind Piano Tuner
Rose McIver
Angel
Verity George
Bluebeard's Wife
Stephen Papps
Bluebeard
Karen Colston
Bluebeard's Wife (Miss Palmer)
Eddie Campbell
Seaman
Te Whatanui Skipwith
Chief Nihe
Tungia Baker
Hira
Neil Gudsell
Tahu
Jon Sperry
Taunting Man
Greg Mayor
Tipi
Crew
Jane Campion
Director, Writer
Veronika Jenet
Editor
Stuart Dryburgh
Director of Photography
Chris Short
First Assistant Director
Mark Turnbull
First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
Victoria Hardy
Second Assistant Director
Alain Depardieu
Executive Producer
Jan Chapman
Producer
Andrew McAlpine
Production Design
Alison Barrett
Casting
Susie Figgis
Casting
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Diana Rowan
Casting
Janet Patterson
Costume Design
Noriko Watanabe
Makeup & Hair
Francia Smeets
Makeup & Hair
Katherine James
Makeup Artist
Marjory Hamlin
Makeup Artist
Colin Englert
Second Unit Director
Jackie Gilmore
Assistant Art Director
Lee Smith
Sound Designer
Gethin Creagh
Sound Mixer
Ken Durey
Special Effects Coordinator
Waynne Rugg
Special Effects Coordinator
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Meryl Cronin
Set Decoration
Steve Griffin
Stunts
Robert Bruce
Stunt Coordinator
Georgina Gilbert
Stunt Double
Sue Easdon
Stunt Double
Peter Long
Title Designer
Gregory P. Keen
Art Direction
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