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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

2h 12m · 31 Dec 1997

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

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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.

Movie ID2259
GenreDrama, Romance
DirectorGillian Armstrong
Main castRalph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh, Christian Manon, Clive Russell, Barnaby Kay
Release date31 December 1997
Release year1997
LanguageFrench
Duration132 min (2h 12m)
Rating6.4 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseFox Searchlight Pictures

Director: Gillian Armstrong
Writers: Laura Jones

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Ralph FiennesOscar Hopkins Cate BlanchettLucinda Leplastrier Ciarán HindsReverend Dennis Hasset Tom WilkinsonHugh Stratton Richard RoxburghMr. Jeffries Christian ManonMr. Tomasetti Clive RussellTheophilus Barnaby KayWardley-Fish Linda BassettBetty Stratton Geoffrey RushNarrator (voice) Basil ClarkeElderly Parishoner Andrea MoorMiss Shaddock Bille BrownPercy Smith Josephine ByrnesMiriam Chadwick Barry OttoJimmy D'Abbs
Polly CheshireYoung Lucinda
Gillian JonesElizabeth Leplastrier
Robert MenziesAbel Leplastrier
Adam HayesYoung Oscar
Matyelok GibbsMrs. Williams

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