Jane Campion's "The Piano"

Join us when we visit the Roxie Theater to see director Jane Campion’s award-winning, newly restored gothic romance, *The Piano.* NOTE: Consider purchasing your tickets in advance at roxie.com. “Jane Campion’s Palme d’Or–winning breakthrough remains one of cinema’s great gothic romances. In the 19th century, Ada (Holly Hunter), a mute Scotswoman, and her young daughter Flora (Anna Paquin), both played in Oscar-winning performances, arrive on the storm-lashed coast of colonial New Zealand for Ada’s arranged marriage to the rigid Stewart (Sam Neill). When Stewart sells Ada’s beloved piano, the instrument through which she speaks, to his neighbor Baines (Harvey Keitel), Ada enters into a dangerous key-by-key bargain to reclaim it. A ravishingly physical work, with a Brontëan sense of turbulent passion carried by Michael Nyman’s indelible score, T*he Piano* brought the psychological daring of Campion’s earlier work to the world stage and still feels startlingly alive.”—Program notes More info: [https://roxie.com/film/the-piano-4k-restoration/](https://roxie.com/film/the-piano-4k-restoration/) 8:00 Meet at the Roxie Theater to purchase tickets and take our seats. The film starts at 8:20. 10:25 Afterwards we will visit La Cumbre Taqueria (515 Valencia St.) for refreshments and conversation.