Drama / Romance /

Score: 73.8%( 1545 votes )

Overview: 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
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