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Film Details - Filmside Productions ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1991
Producers:
Penny Chapman (executive producer).
Ross Matthews (producer).
Production Companies:
Filmside Productions and Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Steve Mason.
Editors:
Michael Honey.
Production Designers:
Murray Picknett.
Music:
Martin Armiger.
Cast:
Noni Hazlehurst (Clare), Deborra-Lee Furness (Diane), Frank Whitten (Michael), Helen Jones (Sandy), Denis Moore (Bill), Fiona Press (Therese), Ray Barrett (Frank), Noga Bernstein (Rosie), Peter Tu Tran (Tan), Brian Simpson (Booroomil), Matthew Fargher (Steve), Alan Glover (Policeman), Kaye Stevenson (Midwife), Mariette Rups-Donnelly (Gym instructor), Justin King (Muscle man), Jeanette Cronin (Social worker), Connie Spinks (Woman driver), and Chloe (Scarlet).
Release Dates:
25 July 1991 (Australia).
Shown at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival (9 June 2019).
Location:
- Filmed in Wollombi and Cessnock (both New South Wales).
Post Production:
Spectrum Films International.
Awards:
- Best Achievement in Costume Design (nomination), AFI Awards, 1991.
- Best Director (nomination), AFI Awards, 1991.
- Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), AFI Awards, 1991.
- Golden Seashell (nomination), San Sebastián International Film Festival, 1991.
- OCIC Award - Honorable Mention, Venice Film Festival, 1991.
Notes:
Script consultants: Sue Smith and Moya Wood.
