Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Stewart Main
Peter Wells

Written By:
Stewart Main
Peter Wells

Actors:
Jennifer Ward-Lealand ..... Dorothea Brook
Kevin Smith ..... Lawrence Hayes
Lisa Chappell ..... Anne Cooper
Cliff Curtis ..... Fraser
Michael Hurst ..... Willam Poyser
Kiri Mills ..... Rose
Bridget Armstrong ..... Mary Anne
Timothy Raby ..... Mr. Weedle
Helen Steemson ..... Gnits
Geeling Ng ..... Su Lim
Kate Bartlett ..... Chorus #1
Johnny Bond ..... Chorus #2
Ann Coc-Kroft ..... Chorus #3
Maya Dalziel ..... Chorus #4
Alison Du Fresne ..... Chorus #5

Synopsis:

In the 19th century town of Hope, beautiful Dorothea Brook has a problem. Her sister Rose is addicted to opium and her villainous boyfriend Fraser who supplies her with it. Dorothea hires Lawrence, a handsome young immigrant to marry Rose and extract her from this destructive relationship. Complications arise when Dorothea and Lawrences find themselves increasingly attracted to each other. Dorothea's companion' Anne sensing a rival pushes her into a marriage of convience. Sex, power and manipulation abound as the situation calls for ... desperate remedies.

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

Period drama set in the imaginary town of Hope in 19th century New Zealand. Dorothea is a shopkeeper, whose sister Rose is an opium addict. Dorothea hopes that a penniless immigrant, Lawrence, will save Rose from her addiction, but instead she finds herself hopelessly attracted to him.

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