

The Piano Lesson
Blood is a chord that resonates through time.
A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.
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- Released
- Budget
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- Language
- English
- heirloom
- based on play or musical
- family
- piano
- 1930s
- former slave
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Behind the camera
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereInternational Film Festival of India21 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTTU/A 13+Netflix22 Nov 2024
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival31 Aug 2024
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival6 Oct 2024
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival16 Oct 2024
- PremiereWoodstock Film Festival17 Oct 2024
- PremiereMiddleburg Film Festival18 Oct 2024
- PremiereAustin Film Festival24 Oct 2024
- PremiereSCAD Savannah Film Festival26 Oct 2024
- PremiereMontclair Film Festival27 Oct 2024
- Theatrical (limited)PG-138 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTTPG-13Netflix22 Nov 2024
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2024
- Theatrical (limited)12A8 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTT12Netflix22 Nov 2024
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMBrisbane International Film Festival2 Nov 2024
- Theatrical (limited)M7 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTTMNetflix22 Nov 2024
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 2024
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival30 Sept 2024
- Theatrical (limited)8 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
AfghanistanAF
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
AlbaniaAL
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
AlgeriaDZ
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
American SamoaAS
- Digital / OTTNetflix21 Nov 2024
AndorraAD
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
AngolaAO
- Digital / OTTNetflix22 Nov 2024
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The Piano Lesson was released on 7 November 2024.
Audience reviews
3- B5/10
Brent Marchant
12/3/2024
When a gifted playwright’s work is adapted for the big screen, the transition from one medium to another can be quite challenging to pull off successfully. And, if the adaptation gets it wrong, it fails to do justice to the source material, an outcome that often unfairly reinforces the blanket denigration often accorded to film as an “inferior” artform compared to others (like literature or the stage). Such is the ca…
- R7/10
r96sk
1/2/2025
<em>'The Piano Lesson'</em>, despite peaks and troughs, is largely a good watch. I could feel my interest increase and decrease fairly consistently throughout though, so no doubting more could've been done to keep me more interested - but that I still was, in fairness. John David Washington and Samuel L. Jackson are two that perform well, but the person that I would rank as the standout is Danielle Deadwyler - gre…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/17/2025
This is based on August Wilson's play and you'll never be in any doubt it came from the stage. The style of presentation and the construction of the story is entirely theatrical and that didn't really work so well for me on a big screen. It's all about a piano. "Boy Wille" (John David Washington) thinks that by selling it, they could improve their lot. Sister "Berniece" (Danielle Deadwyler) thinks over her dead body.…
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