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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Overview

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.
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Gillian Armstrong profile
Gillian Armstrong

Director

Laura Jones profile
Laura Jones

Screenplay

Cast

Ralph Fiennes profile
Ralph Fiennes

Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett profile
Cate Blanchett

Lucinda Leplastrier

Ciarán Hinds profile
Ciarán Hinds

Reverend Dennis Hasset

Tom Wilkinson profile
Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Stratton

Richard Roxburgh profile
Richard Roxburgh

Mr. Jeffries

Christian Manon profile
Christian Manon

Mr. Tomasetti

Clive Russell profile
Clive Russell

Theophilus

Barnaby Kay profile
Barnaby Kay

Wardley-Fish

Linda Bassett profile
Linda Bassett

Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush profile
Geoffrey Rush

Narrator (voice)

Basil Clarke profile
Basil Clarke

Elderly Parishoner

Andrea Moor profile
Andrea Moor

Miss Shaddock

Ralph Fiennes profile
Ralph Fiennes

Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett profile
Cate Blanchett

Lucinda Leplastrier

Ciarán Hinds profile
Ciarán Hinds

Reverend Dennis Hasset

Tom Wilkinson profile
Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Stratton

Richard Roxburgh profile
Richard Roxburgh

Mr. Jeffries

Christian Manon profile
Christian Manon

Mr. Tomasetti

Clive Russell profile
Clive Russell

Theophilus

Barnaby Kay profile
Barnaby Kay

Wardley-Fish

Linda Bassett profile
Linda Bassett

Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush profile
Geoffrey Rush

Narrator (voice)

Basil Clarke profile
Basil Clarke

Elderly Parishoner

Andrea Moor profile
Andrea Moor

Miss Shaddock

Extra

Release Date

December 31, 1997

Original Language

French, English

Budget

$16,000,000.00

Production Company

Fox Searchlight Pictures logoDalton Films logoAustralian Film Finance Corporation logo

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