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Film Details - Seon Films , 1989
Producers:
Gordon Glenn and Timothy White.
Production Companies:
Seon Film Productions.
Director of Photography:
Geoffrey Simpson.
Editors:
Ken Sallows.
Production Designers:
Peta Lawson.
Music:
Chris Neal.
Cast:
Rebecca Smart (Celia Carmichael), Nicholas Eadie (Ray Carmichael), Victoria Longley (Alice Tanner), Mary-Anne Fahey (Pat Carmichael), Margaret Ricketts (Grandmother), Alexander Hutchinson (Steve Tanner), Adrian Mitchell (Karl Tanner), Callie Gray (Meryl Tanner), Martin Sharman (Evan Tanner), Clair Couttie (Heather Goldman), Alex Menglet (Mr Goldman), Amelia Frid (Stephanie Burke), William Zappa (Inspector John Burke), Feon Keane (Soapy Burke), and Louise Le Nay (Debbie Burke).
Release Dates:
18 May 1989.
Location:
- Filmed in Melbourne.
Awards:
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AFI Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Victoria Longley), 1989.
AFI Award (nomination), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary-Anne Fahey), 1989.
Grand Prix, Créteil International Women's Film Festival, 1989.
Best Film (nomination), Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, 1989.
Notes:
Script consultant: Sue Smith.
Settings:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1950s
