Country Life
Sometimes the further you travel the closer you get to home.
Adaptation of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' set in rural Australia in the 1920's. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander returns with his beautiful young wife Deborah, revealing himself as an arrogant failure and wanting to sell the farm out from under Jack. Blakemore introduces themes about Australia's separation from England, as well as expanding the pacifist and ecological philosophies espoused by the local Doctor Max Askey.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Sam Neill
Dr. Max Askey
Greta Scacchi
Deborah Voysey
John Hargreaves
Jack Dickens
Kerry Fox
Sally Voysey
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Michael Blakemore
Alexander Voysey
Googie Withers
Hannah
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Patricia Kennedy
Maud Dickens
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Ron Blanchard
Wally Wells
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Robyn Cruze
Violet
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Maurie Fields
Fred Livingstone
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Peter Best
Composer
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Stephen F. Windon
Cinematographer
