Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 01/11/2005
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 132 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Australian director
Gillian Armstrong directed this
Laura Jones adaptation of
Peter Carey's 1988 Booker Prize-winning novel. In a lengthy flashback,
Oscar Hopkins' great grandson (
Geoffrey Rush) narrates the family history that led to his birth. On an Australian farm,
Lucinda Leplastrier was tutored by her intelligent mother, a woman who took part in the early feminist movement.
Oscar's lonely boyhood in rural England was under the watchful eye of his preacher father. At Oxford to train as a minister, the adult
Oscar (
Ralph Fiennes) feels he doesn't fit in and develops a passion for gambling, giving his winnings away to the poor.
Oscar and
Lucinda (
Cate Blanchett) meet aboard a ship; he's off to the outback to work as a missionary, and she's returning from London after buying equipment for her glass factory. As mutual misfits, they have an instant attraction and quickly grow close, developing a romantic relationship based on trust. However, the
Rev. Dennis Hasset (
Ciarán Hinds) and
Lucinda are friends, sharing an interest in glass. Convinced they are in love,
Oscar embarks on an unusual and difficult task, building a glass church for the reverend, an ambitious project to attempt in the remote wilderness.
~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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