Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
1997 · R · 2h 12m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Writers: Peter Carey, Laura Jones
Music by: Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Geoffrey Simpson
Editor: Nicholas Beauman
Box office: $2M · Budget: $16M · Rated 6.4/10 by 79 viewers
Cast
Ralph Fiennes as Oscar HopkinsCate Blanchett as Lucinda LeplastrierCiarán Hinds as Reverend Dennis HassetTom Wilkinson as Hugh StrattonRichard Roxburgh as Mr. JeffriesChristian Manon as Mr. TomasettiClive Russell as TheophilusBarnaby Kay as Wardley-FishLinda Bassett as Betty StrattonGeoffrey Rush as Narrator (voice)Basil Clarke as Elderly ParishonerAndrea Moor as Miss ShaddockMore like this
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