"Heart of the Sun" is an emotionally driven, all consuming tale of love, passion, and one woman's search for truth. But for a single farmwife like Jennie McGrane, discovering the truth means uncovereing a dark, secretive past which others would prefer stay buried forever.
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Producer/Writer: Kim Hogan
Director: Francis Damberger
Starring: Christine Hirt, Shaun Johnson, Michael Riley
Running Time: 93 minutes
Year of Production: 1998
Midori, a reluctant Japanese bride, fakes her own kidnapping whilst honeymooning in Sydney. A failed rendezvous with a former lover sends her plans for a blissful future awry.
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Producers: Al Clark, Helen Leake
Writer: Louis Nowra
Director: Craig Lahiff
Starring: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett
Running time: 99 minutes
Year of production: 1997
US distributor: Trimark Pictures
A small time horse trainer has successfully screwed up his life. His wife hates him, his mistress loathes him and his father-in-law wants to kill him. With nothing to lose, he enlists the help of his best friend and concocts a plan to rig the largest horse race in Australia.
Family resentments surface when, at the reunion of three sisters, two of them discover that a book written by their best-selling third sibling, is a thinly veiled account of their lives.
Based on the multi-award winning play by Hannie Rayson
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Co-Writer/Producer/Director: Richard Franklin
Co-Writer: Peter Fitzpatrick
Starring: Joan Plowright, Caroline Goodall, Tara Morice, Caroline Gillmer
Running time: 112 minutes
Year of production: 1994
A drama from the suburban streets of Australia charged with fuse-burning testosterone and lit with black comedy, 'Idiot Box' follows the aimless lives of Kev and Mick-cynical, unemployed and an accident waiting to happen.
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Producer: Glenys Rowe
Writer/Director: David Caesar
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, Robyn Loau
Running time: 85 minutes
Year of production: 1996
