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Film / 1997
Oscar and Lucinda
Directed by
Gillian Armstrong
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
The story
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Cast
Ralph FiennesOscar Hopkins
Cate BlanchettLucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán HindsReverend Dennis Hasset
Tom WilkinsonHugh Stratton
Richard RoxburghMr. Jeffries
Christian ManonMr. Tomasetti
Clive RussellTheophilus
Barnaby KayWardley-Fish
Linda BassettBetty Stratton
Geoffrey RushNarrator (voice)
Basil ClarkeElderly Parishoner
Andrea MoorMiss Shaddock
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Bille BrownPercy Smith
Josephine ByrnesMiriam Chadwick
Barry OttoJimmy D'Abbs
Polly CheshireYoung Lucinda
Gillian JonesElizabeth Leplastrier
Robert MenziesAbel Leplastrier
Adam HayesYoung Oscar
Matyelok GibbsMrs. Williams
Sonia RitterFanny Drabble
Will BartonCollege Student
Jonathan MarkwoodCollege Student
Nicholas TennantCollege Student
Sam NewmanGeorge Loxwood
Nicholas FordhamCollege Student
Peter WhitfordMr. Ahearn
Lynette CurranMrs. Ahearn
Ron BlanchardSteamer Captain
Colin TaylorFrazer
Michelle DoakeHotel Maid
Karen VickerySociety Gossip
Elspeth MacTavishSociety Gossip
Leverne McDonnellMiss Malcolm
Geoff MorrellCharley Fig
Douglas HedgeDog Pit Caller
Tobias SaundersBelgian Boy
Marianne BorgoBelgian Grandmother
Vanessa SeydouxBelgian Mother
Leslie DaymanGlassworks Foreman
Lucy BellMiss Mary Hasset
Kim HillasPublican's Wife
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