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Hammers Over the Anvil (1994)

Hammers Over the Anvil (1994)

Drama Romance

An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.

Release Date: 1994, July 22
Directors: Ann Turner
Countries: Australia
Production: Harvest Productions Pty. Ltd., South Australian Film Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Australian Film Finance Corporation
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Russell Crowe, Wayne Pygram, Alethea McGrath, John Rafter Lee, Frank Gallacher, Daphne Grey, Peter Osborn, Syd Brisbane, Amanda Douge, Frankie J. Holden, Caroline Kemp

Overview:

Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.

Keywords:

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