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Oscar and Lucinda

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Oscar and Lucinda
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R,2hrs 12min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1997
Director:
Gillian Armstrong
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds  ...more
Synopsis: 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, ... Full Synopsis
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
It exchanges the narrative fluidity of the page for visual composition of such strong beauty that the slowness of the storytelling becomes its own eccentric strength. Full Review
Metascore
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66
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 22 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Ralph Fiennes
Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett
Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
Rev. Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Stratton
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9. "Oscar and Lucinda" (1997): For many of us, this was our first exposure to the Australian actress...
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