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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Drama Romance

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

Release Date: 1997, December 31
Directors: Gillian Armstrong
Countries: Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dalton Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh, Gillian Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Matyelok Gibbs, Geoff Morrell, Barnaby Kay, Clive Russell, Christian Manon

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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