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Released
1996 · FILM

Under the Piano

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Written by
Runtime
92 min
DramaTV Movie

Synopsis

An autistic child grows up in the 1940s and 1950s with a mother who is bitter due to her fear of success, which has denied her a potential career in opera. This anger manifests as over-protectiveness toward her mentally ill daughter, persisting into the child's adulthood. However, a loving sister, who has a paralyzed arm, serves as a counterbalance to the mother's restrictive behavior and ultimately helps her sister lead a more fulfilling life.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Mairin WilkinsonShot by Robert SaadScored by Christopher DedrickDesigned by Jacques M Bradette

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