The Last Days of Chez Nous

The Last Days of Chez Nous (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Gillian Armstrong

Written By:
Gillian Armstrong
Helen Garner

Actors:
Lisa Harrow ..... Beth
Bruno Ganz ..... J.P.
Kerry Fox ..... Vicki
Miranda Otto ..... Annie
Kiri Paramore ..... Tim
Bill Hunter ..... Beth's Father
Lex Marinos ..... Angelo
Mickey Camilleri ..... Sally
Lynne Murphy ..... Beth's Mother
Claire Haywood ..... Janet
Leanne Bundy ..... Susie
Wilson Alcorn ..... Cafe Dero
Tom Weaver ..... Thief
Bill Brady ..... Mayor
Eva Di Cesare ..... Waitress

Synopsis:

Gillian Armstrong directed this quietly bittersweet and coldly ironic examination of the death throes of a crumbling marriage. Set in the lush summer light of Sydney, the film examines the dying marriage of Beth (Lisa Harrow), a middle-aged writer living with her French husband J.P. (Bruno Ganz) and her teenage daughter Annie (Miranda Otto). Beth and J.P. are maintaining their marriage through a delicate thread of disinterest and patronizing that is torn asunder with the arrival of Beth's younger sister Vicki (Kerry Fox). Along with the arrival of Vicki, Beth and J.P. take in a boarder, a clean-cut teen named Tim (Kiri Paramore). These two new additions to the family infuse the home with a new vitality, but that only holds the dissolution of the marriage in abeyance for a time. In an effort to make peace with her father (Bill Hunter), Beth takes him on a trip to the outback, where she believes she might be able to communicate with him. With Beth gone, J.P. and Vicki have an affair, and they abandon the family to start life on their own. Beth, now alone, feels a sense of liberation and purpose and begins to start her life anew.

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