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Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
Metacritic66/100
80 audience votes
Key crew
- Gillian ArmstrongDirector
- Laura JonesScreenplay
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
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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Themes
sydney, australiaaustraliabased on novel or bookgamblingministeroxfordwagerinheritanceheiresswoman directorglass19th century