Winter of Our Dreams
- 31 July 1981 (1981-07-31)
Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in 6 other categories also.[2] It was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where Judy Davis won the award for Best Actress.[3]
Plot
Rob (Bryan Brown), a bookshop owner, hears of the suicide of an old girlfriend Lisa (Margie McCrae). While investigating the case he meets Lou (Judy Davis), a prostitute and old friend of Lisa's.
Cast
- Judy Davis as Lou
- Bryan Brown as Rob
- Cathy Downes as Gretel
- Mercia Deane-Johns as Angela
- Baz Luhrmann as Pete
- Peter Mochrie as Tim
- Mervyn Drake as Mick
- Margie McCrae as Lisa Blaine
- Joy Hruby as Marge
- Kim Deacon as Michelle
- Gia Carides
Production
In the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was used in Winter of Our Dreams.[1]
There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain.[1]
Box office
Winter of Our Dreams was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia,[4] which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars.
See also
- Cinema of Australia
References
Further reading
- Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 312. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
External links
- Winter of Our Dreams at IMDb
- Winter of Our Dreams at the Australian screen
- Winter of Our Dreams at Oz Movies
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