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Winter of Our Dreams (1981) John Duigan, Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Cathy Downes
When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of his former girlfriend Read More »
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) John Duigan, Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward
A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. Read More »
Lawn Dogs (1997) John Duigan, Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton
Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn’t quite fit in. Read More »
One Night Stand (1984) John Duigan, Tyler Coppin, Cassandra Delaney, Jay Hackett
In Australia, four teenagers in the Sydney Opera House are horrified to hear the news that nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. Read More »
The Year My Voice Broke (1987) John Duigan, Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn
In 1962, a prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love Read More »
Flirting (1991) John Duigan, Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman
Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequel to The Year My Voice Broke. Read More »
Dimboola (1979) John Duigan, Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies, Comedy, Drama
Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception. Read More »
Mouth to Mouth (1978) John Duigan, Kim Krejus, Sonia Peat, Ian Gilmour, Drama
An edgy urban drama, Mouth to Mouth follows the lives of four young people, desperate to carve out a better existence in a harsh and unforgiving world. Read More »
Sirens (1993) John Duigan, Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young reverend and his wife are on the way from England to Australia to minister to their flock. The bishop asks him to visit an eccentric artist prone to sexual depictions and requests that he voluntarily withdraw a controversial work call “Crucified Venus” from his show. The minister, who considers himself a progressive, is shocked at the amoral atmosphere surrounding the painter, his wife, and the three models living at his estate. The minister’s wife is troubled also, and has to deal with latent sexual urges while trying to remain loyal to her husband.
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