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Film Details - Illumination Films , 1991
Producers:
William T. Marshall (executive producer).
Paul Cox and Santhana K. Naidu (producers).
Production Companies:
Beyond Films and Illumination Films.
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Nino Gaetano Martinetti.
Editors:
Russell Hurley.
Production Designers:
Neil Angwin.
Music:
Paul Grabowsky.
Cast:
Sheila Florance (Marta), Gosia Dobrowolska (Anna), Norman Kaye (Billy), Chris Haywood (Jonathan), Ernie Gray (Peter), Myrtle Woods (Miss Inchley), Bruce Myles (Con 1), Alex Menglet (Con 2), François Bernard (Neighbor),Manuel Bachet (Neighbor), Monica Maughan (Billy's daughter), Max Gillies (Billy's son-in-law), Tony Llewellyn-Jones (Celebrant), David Reid (Don), Dawn Klingberg (Don's wife), Marina Finlay (Prostitute), Victoria Eagger (Nurse 1), Marion Heathfield (Nurse 2), James Khong (Doctor), Kate Fewster (Young Martha), Carla Hoogeveen (Waitress), Nino Gaetano Martinetti (Cafe manager), Veronica Koca (Young girl), Kyra Cox (Young girl), Hal Todd (Hal Todd's voice), and Melita Jurisic (Judy: voice).
Release Dates:
26 September 1991 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in Melbourne, Australia.
Post Production:
The South Australian Film Corporation (sound post-production).
Awards:
- AFI Awards, Best Original Music Score (nomination), 1991.
- Also won an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role and was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1991).
- Grand Prix, Ghent International Film Festival, 1992.
- Tokyo Gran Prix (nomination), Tokyo International Film Festival, 1991.
