118 mins |
Rated
TBC
Directed by Michael Blakemore
Starring Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, John Hargreaves
Bendigo Festival of Australian Film.
An adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Aging Australian rancher Uncle Jack (John Hargreaves) and his faithful niece, Sally (Kerry Fox), have their quiet lives disrupted by the sudden reappearance of Alexander (Michael Blakemore), Sally's father and Jack's former brother-in-law, who left the ranch to become a London theater critic some decades before. The self-important Alexander is married to the gorgeous Deborah (Greta Scacchi), whose charms soon enrapture both Uncle Jack and local doctor Max (Sam Neill), for whom Sally pines.
Nominated for five 1994 AFI awards including Best Actress and Best Actor
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Bendigo Festival of Australian Film.
An adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Aging Australian rancher Uncle Jack (John Hargreaves) and his faithful niece, Sally (Kerry Fox), have their quiet lives disrupted by the sudden reappearance of Alexander (Michael Blakemore), Sally's father and Jack's former brother-in-law, who left the ranch to become a London theater critic some decades before. The self-important Alexander is married to the gorgeous Deborah (Greta Scacchi), whose charms soon enrapture both Uncle Jack and local doctor Max (Sam Neill), for whom Sally pines.
Nominated for five 1994 AFI awards including Best Actress and Best Actor