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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Last Days of Chez Nous
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Film Details - Jan Chapman Productions , 1991

Producers:

Jan Chapman.

Production Companies:

Jan Chapman Productions.

Finance Organisations:

The Australian Film Commission.
The Australian Film Finance Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Geoffrey Simpson.

Editors:

Nicholas Beauman.

Production Designers:

Janet Patterson.

Music:

Paul Grabowsky.

Cast:

Lisa Harrow (Beth), Bruno Ganz (J.P.), Kerry Fox (Vicki), Miranda Otto (Annie), Kiri Paramore (Tim), Bill Hunter (Beth's Father), Lex Marinos (Angelo), Mickey Camilleri (Sally), Lynne Murphy (Beth's Mother), Claire Haywood (Janet), Leanne Bundy (Susie), Wilson Alcorn (Cafe Dero), Tom Weaver (Thief), Bill Brady (Mayor), Eva Di Cesare (Waitress), Danny Caretti (Waiter), Olga Sanderson (Singing Woman), Joyce Hopwood (Clinic Nurse), Steve Cox (Stranger), Harry Griffiths (Old Man Desert Tourist), and Amanda Martin (Desert Waitress).

Release Dates:

8 October 1992 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in New South Wales, including Sydney (including Paddington and Hyde Park), Little Topar, and Broken Hill.

Awards:

  • Best Actress in a Lead Role, AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Achievement in Production Design (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Actor in a Lead Role (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Director (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Film (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Original Musical Score (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted (nomination), AFI Award, 1992.
  • Golden Berlin Bear (nomination), Berlin International Film Festival, 1992.
  • FCCA Award, Best Supporting Actor: Female (nomination), Film Critics' Circle of Australia, 1993.
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