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Year of completion
1993
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Thriller
Duration
98 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

The year is 1950 and an English couple, Louise and Michael, have arrived in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a French-owned rubber plantation. They are to be the guests of the enigmatic plantation overseer, Daniel, and his beautiful yet difficult daughter Viola, at their elegant, decaying villa amid a tropical jungle. Michael and Louise hope that some time spent working in an exotic location will help reignite the passion in their floundering marriage. Instead they become unwittingly involved in the personal, sexual and political tensions of their hosts. Daniel is desperate to hold onto a way of life no longer possible in a country struggling for independence, bringing him into conflict with not only his daughter but also with his adopted country.
Completion Year
1993
Genres
Thriller
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Editor

Nicholas Beauman

Writer

Robert Carter, Pauline Chan

Director

Pauline Chan

Director of Photography

Kevin Heyward

Producer

Jim McElroy

Production Designer

Michael Phillips

Composer

Douglas Stephen Rae

Costume Designer

David Rowe

Cast

Saskia Reeves, Robert Reynolds, Sami Frey, Jacqueline McKenzie, Kiet Lam, Hoa To

Awards

1994 — Festival International du Film au Feminin

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Australian Film Institute

Screenings

1996 — Anzac Film Festival

1994 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1994 — Boston International Film Fest

1994 — Cambridge Film Festival

1994 — Festival International du Film au Feminin

1994 — Montreal World Film Festival

1995 — Portland International Film Festival

1994 — Quebec City Int Film Fest

1994 — Riminicinema Mostra International

1994 — Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

1994 — Vancouver International Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Total Film and Television Pty Ltd
Southern Star Sales

Production Company

Ayer Productions Pty Ltd

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