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"Based on Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel, Gillian Armstrong's "Oscar and Lucinda" is a lyrical story about chance, fate and love. Set in the 19th century it tells the story of how two eccentric characters are brought together by fate and an obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is an unconventional woman living in a society obsessed with normality. She uses her inheritance to buy a glassworks factory in Sydney. Returning from London by ship she meets Oscar Hopkins, a strange Anglican minister terrified by the ocean but compulsively attracted to gambling. When their paths meet again in Sydney they embark on an incredible mission to take a glass church into the heart of the Australian bush. An ultimately tragic journey, their risk proffers a bittersweet resolution to the dreamers' visionary alliance."@en
"Oscar is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian business woman who boldly defies society's rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever."
"Oscar is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian Businesswoman who boldly defies society's rules. When they meet their lives are changed forever."
"A priest and a glassworks heiress are united by a shared passion for gambling; together they attempt to transport a glass church through the 1860s Australian wilderness. Based on Peter Carey's novel."@en
"A priest and a glassworks heiress are united by a shared passion for gambling; together they attempt to transport a glass church through the 1860s Australian wilderness. Based on Peter Carey's novel."
""Romance of two Australian misfits in the mid 1800's: scarred and tormented clergyman's son Fiennes and independent Victorian heiress Blanchett, both of whom are gambling fanatics. The wager of their lives becomes surreal, as an iron-and-glass church is transported by sea and overland into the wilderness"--Maltin, 2002."@en
""Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda (Blanchett) is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society's rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever. Filled with wonderful performances, this critically-acclaimed film from Gillian Armstrong (Little Women) has been hailed as "the most adventuresome movie yet made by one of the best filmmakers of her time." (Los Angeles Times)"--Container insert."
"Based on Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel, Gillian Armstrong's "Oscar and Lucinda" is a lyrical story about chance, fate and love. Set in the 19th century it tells the story of how two eccentric characters are brought together by fate and an obsession with gambling."@en
"Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever."
"Oscar is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society's rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever. Filled with wonderful performances, this critically-acclaimed film from Gillian Armstrong has been hailed as "the most adventuresome movie yet made by one of the best filmmakers of her time." (Los Angeles Times)"
"Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever."@en
"Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda (Blanchett) is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society's rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever. Filled with wonderful performances, this critically-acclaimed film from Gillian Armstrong (Little Women) has been hailed as "the most adventuresome movie yet made by one of the best filmmakers of her time"--Los Angeles Times."
"Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever."
"Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda (Blanchett) is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society's rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever. Filled with wonderful performances, this critically-acclaimed film from Gillian Armstrong (Little Women) has been hailed as "the most adventuresome movie yet made by one of the best filmmakers of her time." (Los Angeles Times)"
"In 19th-century Australia, a nervous Anglican minister whose only vice is gambling becomes allied with an heiress who also gambles."
"Feature film from Australia. Drama. Screen adaptation of Peter Carey's novel. Set in the 19th century. Two eccentric characters are brought together by fate and an obsession with gambling."