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In an article about actors and nude scenes, Holly Hunter, who appears nude in this and other movies, told Premiere, "I've never signed a nudity clause in my life. And whenever I've done nudity, I felt it was right. I mean, we've got five senses, and sex employs all of them, so if you're expressing something about what it means to be alive in the world, how can you subtract sex from that?"
Holly Hunter learned to play the piano when she was nine years old and played most of the piano sequences herself.
Despite winning an Oscar at a young age, Anna Paquin admitted on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) in 2009 that she had only recently watched the film for the first time at the time of the interview. She was not allowed to watch the film at the time of its release because of its sexual content, being eleven years old at the time.
Dame Jane Campion became the first woman to win the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with this film, though she was unable to receive the award in person, as she was due to give birth.
Flora's (Anna Paquin's) name is never mentioned throughout the entire film.
Holly Hunter received three on-screen credits for the film, playing the character of Ada, playing the piano herself, and being a British sign language interpreter for Anna Paquin.