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Angel Baby (1995) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Michael Rymer

Written By:
Michael Rymer

Actors:
John Lynch ..... Harry
Jacqueline McKenzie ..... Kate
Colin Friels ..... Morris Goodman
Deborra-Lee Furness ..... Louise Goodman
Daniel Daperis ..... Sam Goodman
Robyn Nevin ..... Dr. Norberg
David Argue ..... Dave
Geoff Brooks ..... Rowan
Humphrey Bower ..... Frank
Jane Menelaus ..... Obstetrician
Alex Pinder ..... Dr. Singani
Marcus Eyre ..... Personnel Director
Heather Bolton ..... Housing Agent
Samuel Johnson ..... Check-Out Cashier
Lesley Baker ..... Rose

Synopsis:

In this unusual romantic drama from Australia, Harry (John Lynch) and Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) are both patients at a psychiatric care facility. While in therapy, the two meet and fall in love, in spite of their troubled pasts. Despite the potential complications they might foresee with the relationship, Harry's main sources of support, his brother Morris (Colin Friels) and Morris's wife Louise (Deborrah-Lee Furness), are more concerned with Harry's stability and happiness than anything else, and they soon give him their blessing to marry Kate. However, it soon becomes obvious that love does not conquer all. Kate becomes pregnant, and her doctors try to persuade her to have an abortion. They believe that her mental illness could be passed along to her child, that she would not make a fit mother, and that her medication for schizophrenia could have a harmful effect on the fetus. Kate is convinced that the angel Astral speaks to her, and that the child she carries is his earthly incarnation; she refuses to have an abortion, but compromises by not taking her medication while pregnant. Harry stops taking his as well, but the couple's happiness is short-lived when their increasing instability leads to tragic consequences. Angel Baby won seven Australian Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall passionately in love. Ahead of them lies the inevitable road to disaster...one they share to the end.

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