Dearest Mary Kalfatovic, In the presence of my unjudgmental cousin-The Piano was a delightful, inspirational masterpiece; in the presence of my mother,however, I found myself critiquing the film far too much. After those two viewings- I have come to the conclusion that this film is a cinamatographer's dream and that Jane Campion could not have done a better job. As to your questions-I can't read them to answer them at the moment so they will have to shop up on another posting-sorry! Please forgive! -Chris