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Synopsis
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Metacritic55/100
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred SchepisiDirector
- Judy MorrisScreenplay
- Paul GrabowskyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Geoffrey RushBasil Hunter
- Judy DavisDorothy de Lascabanes
- Charlotte RamplingElizabeth Hunter
- Alexandra SchepisiFlora Manhood
- Helen MorseLotte
- John GadenArnold Wyburd
- Robyn NevinLal Wyburd
- Colin FrielsAthol Shreve
- Maria TheodorakisMary
- Dustin ClareCol
- Nikki ShielsJanie
- Bille BrownDudley
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Themes
sydney, australia1970sfamily reuniondying mother