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In the turbulent years of the Great Depression an orphaned boy becomes a pawn in a bitter family feud as two aunts - snooty Anglophile Vanessa (Wendy Hughes), and working-class Lila (Robyn Nevin) - battle for his custody. Newly returned from a world tour, wealthy socialite Vanessa lavishes the boy with gifts, limousine rides, and affection but the dowdy Lila is determined to fight her sister's custody claims in court. The case is complicated by the arrival of the boy's long-absent father, Logan (John Hargreaves), an alcoholic who loves his son but is incapable of caring for him. Winner of eight AFI awards - including Best Picture, Best Actress (Hughes), and Best Supporting Actor (Hargreaves) - and adapted from the best-selling Sumner Locke Elliot novel, this lush, poetic period film classic is the essential story of an Australian boy's coming-of-age in the tough Depression years
Year: 1983
Director: Carl Schultz
Cast: Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill
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In the turbulent years of the Great Depression an orphaned boy becomes a pawn in a bitter family feud as two aunts - snooty Anglophile Vanessa (Wendy Hughes), and working-class Lila (Robyn Nevin) - battle for his custody. Newly returned from a world tour, wealthy socialite Vanessa lavishes the boy with gifts, limousine rides, and affection but the dowdy Lila is determined to fight her sister's custody claims in court. The case is complicated by the arrival of the boy's long-absent father, Logan (John Hargreaves), an alcoholic who loves his son but is incapable of caring for him. Winner of eight AFI awards - including Best Picture, Best Actress (Hughes), and Best Supporting Actor (Hargreaves) - and adapted from the best-selling Sumner Locke Elliot novel, this lush, poetic period film classic is the essential story of an Australian boy's coming-of-age in the tough Depression years
Year: 1983
Director: Carl Schultz
Cast: Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill
Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCadhU_V17tZia6mvQSYn-tg?sub_confirmation=1
Umbrella Entertainment is a 100% Australian owned and operated distributor of filmed entertainment that specialises in handling a vibrant range of content from theatrical exhibition right through to home entertainment, public broadcast and ancillary performances.
Since its inception in 2001, Umbrella has amassed a back catalogue of over 1,500 titles across cinema releases and television programmes. It's a library which boasts the largest collection of celebrated Australian films & TV shows in the country, and, one of the most vibrant selections of genre, foreign language and art house films & TV shows ever produced.
Visit www.umbrellaent.com.au for a virtual smorgasbord of exuberant and dynamic content reflective of the drive and passion Umbrella Entertainment has for the industry.
To Rent/Buy Umbrella’s Films on YouTube, visit:
youtube.com/user/UmbrellaMoviesAU
For more information about us and our Catalogue, visit the websites under Links.
#CarefulHeMightHearYou #AustralianCinema #80sMovies
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