Oscar and Lucinda

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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

R 12/31/1997 (US) Drama, Romance 2h 12m

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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.

Gillian Armstrong

Director
Peter Carey

Novel
Laura Jones

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Ralph Fiennes

Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett

Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds

Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh

Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon

Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell

Theophilus
Barnaby Kay

Wardley-Fish
Linda Bassett

Betty Stratton
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Written by CinemaSerf on August 27, 2023

This is a wonderfully good looking film with two strong performances from Ralph Fiennes ("Hopkins") and Cate Blanchett ("Lucinda"). The former is a bit of a loner being raised by his rather puritanical Pentecostal father. He absconds into the care of Anglican "Stratton" (Tom Wilkinson) who arranges for him to obtain an university education. Thing is, this brightly red haired lad doesn't really fit in, and is soon far more focussed on his rather effective system of gambling. Meantime, the latter, an Australian, has inherited a substantial fortune and invested it in a glass making factory (glass... read the rest.

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