The Leaving of Liverpool / Brides of Christ - 3-DVD Set

The Leaving of Liverpool / Brides of Christ - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
535 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 - 1992 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ken Cameron
Michael Jenkins

Written By:
Sue Smith
John Alsop

Actors:
Josephine Byrnes ..... Sister Catherine (1 episode, 1991)
Brenda Fricker ..... Sister Agnes (1 episode, 1991)
Sandy Gore ..... Mother Ambrose (1 episode, 1991)
Lisa Hensley ..... Sister Paul (1 episode, 1991)
Naomi Watts ..... Frances Heffernan (1 episode, 1991)
Simon Burke ..... Jack Delahunty (unknown episodes)
Melissa Jaffer ..... Sister Attracta (unknown episodes)
Philip Quast ..... Ian McGregor (unknown episodes)
Pat Bishop ..... Mary Maloney (unknown episodes)
Kym Wilson ..... Rosemary Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Damon Herriman ..... Grant (unknown episodes)
Peter Braunstein ..... Frank Markham (unknown episodes)
Beth Champion ..... Sister Clare (unknown episodes)
Dimity Clancey ..... Moya Maloney (unknown episodes)
Gian Clancey ..... Kerry Maloney (unknown episodes)
Vanessa Collier ..... Jacinta (unknown episodes)
Syd Conabere ..... Da (unknown episodes)
Christen Cornell ..... Lucy Mulcady (unknown episodes)
Michael Craig ..... Bishop (unknown episodes)
Russell Crowe ..... Dominic Maloney (unknown episodes)
Christine Degeuron ..... Mrs. Upton (unknown episodes)
Ann Fay ..... Sister Innocent (unknown episodes)
Stuart Finch ..... Father Riordan (unknown episodes)
John Frawley ..... Bishop (unknown episodes)
Frank Gallacher ..... Priest (unknown episodes)
Caroline Gillmer ..... Sister Philomena (unknown episodes)
Pippa Grandison ..... Bernadette (unknown episodes)
Deborah Hanley ..... Mary Statue (unknown episodes)
Connie Hobbs ..... Sister Pierre (unknown episodes)
Keith Holloway ..... Lawrie Tierney (unknown episodes)
Harold Hopkins ..... Ken Maloney (unknown episodes)
Joy Hruby ..... Sister Polycarp (unknown episodes)
John Langrishe ..... Tom Heffernan (unknown episodes)
Adrian Lee ..... Kevin (unknown episodes)
Stephen Leeder ..... Brother Thomas (unknown episodes)
Liberty Lee ..... Frances, aged 8 (unknown episodes)
Tathom Lennox ..... Anne Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Ned Manning ..... Helen (unknown episodes)
Rhys McConnochie ..... Monsignor (unknown episodes)
Kirsty McGregor ..... Caroline (unknown episodes)
Kristen Minichbauer ..... Carmel Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Genevieve Mooy ..... Judith Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Antonia Murphy ..... Novice Therese (unknown episodes)
Russell Newman ..... Brother Louis (unknown episodes)
Louise Pajo ..... Jean Markham (unknown episodes)
Michelle Pettigrove ..... Sister Francine (unknown episodes)
Hazel Phillips ..... Mrs. Purley (unknown episodes)
Brian Rooney ..... Brendan Maloney (unknown episodes)
Irene Rowland ..... Sister Perpetua (unknown episodes)
Rob Steele ..... Senator Kearney (unknown episodes)
Penny Stehli ..... Sister Patrick (unknown episodes)
John Stone ..... Roger Conlan (unknown episodes)
Bianca Sulkowicz ..... Diane, aged 6 (unknown episodes)
Leo Taylor ..... Bill Fitzgerald (unknown episodes)
Anne Tenney ..... Liz Heffernan (Elizabeth Jane Heffernan-Colman) (unknown episodes)
Melissa Thomas ..... Brigid Maloney (unknown episodes)
Paul Williams ..... Mark (unknown episodes)
Michael Winchester ..... Martin Tierney (unknown episodes)
Kevin Knapman ..... Bert (as Kevin Jones)
Christine Tremarco ..... Lily
Frances Barber ..... Ellen, Lily's mother
John Hargreaves ..... Harry
Bill Hunter ..... Father O'Neill
Martin Jacobs ..... Brother Matthew
Frank Whitten ..... Brother Jerome
David Kaff ..... Wilson
Darren Yap ..... David
Pamela Rabe ..... Mrs. Lang
Colin Moody ..... Mr. Symonds
Gary Henshaw ..... Alf
Walter Brown ..... Bishop
Jai Kemp ..... Bonesy
Peter Braunstein ..... Country Doctor

Synopsis:

Brides of Christ (1991):
Critically acclaimed Australian mini-series, Brides of Christ, tells the story of Roman Catholic nuns and life at their boarding school during the 1960s. Behind high convent walls, their lives are circumscribed by centuries old traditions, rites and disciplines. But in times of radical change and upheaval, the Brides of Christ are forced to reconcile the conflict between the ancient ways and the new. They are bound by vows which set them apart, yet they must become part of a changing world.

The Leaving of Liverpool (1992):
At the time the mini series of Leaving of Liverpool went to air in 1992, The issue of what happened during the Child Migration Schemes of the 1950s had been largely swept under the carpet. A huge national and international controversy followed its broadcast as thousands of victims of the schemes broke the cone of silence that had enclosed them for nearly half a century. Hundreds of thousands of children had been transported from England to the outposts of the Empire. The stories of their suffering in Canada, South Africa and Australia were epitomised in the story of Bert and Lily's transportation from Liverpool England to the labour camp and sheep station servitude in New South Wales.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Diane
Original Air Date-1991
Shortly after the death of her father, Diane Markham walks away from her fiancé and chooses to enter the convent. From the beginning she has difficulty, she fails to get along with her postulant mistress and she has a Particular friendship with another member of her order, Veronica. Diane wants to focus on the gospels instead of the Church fathers. After her novitiate, Diane is transferred to another convent much to Veronica's grief.
Season 1, Episode 2: Frances
Original Air Date-1991
After their novitiate is completed Sister Catherine (Diane) comes back to Santo Spirito Convent School to the joy of Sister Paul (Veronica). Sisters Paul and Catherine are teaching a young teenager, Frances. Frances is a loner who has difficulty at school. Her parents are divorced and her mother is planning on remarrying a man who Frances enjoys. After the Bishop says no about Liz and Roger marrying in a Catholic ceremony, the two plan on marrying in a Civil ceremony. After getting permission from Mother Ambrose, Frances, Sister Paul and Catherine attend the wedding. However, Sister Agnes and a few of the students find out. Liz and Frances are ostracized by the nuns and students with the exception of Sisters Paul and Catherine and Rosemary and Brigid. Thankfully, all wrongs are righted when Frances gets the part in the school play and Frances is confirmed in the Catholic faith. Frances is very happy to have two good dads, a great mom and two best friends.
Season 1, Episode 3: Ambrose
Original Air Date-1991
Season 1, Episode 4: Rosemary
Original Air Date-1991
Rosemary, a student at the convent school, struggles with her own awakening independence and education about her sexuality, from which she has been sheltered.

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