Genres
Production Companies
New Zealand Film Commission
NZ on Air
Avalon/NFU Studios
Desperate Remedies
Colonial romancing and complicating...
Overview
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?
Key Crew
Director: Stewart Main, Peter Wells
Producer: James Wallace
Director of Photography: Leon Narbey
Writer: Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Top Cast
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dorothea Brook
Kevin Smith
Lawrence Hayes
Lisa Chappell
Anne Cooper
Cliff Curtis
Fraser
Michael Hurst
Willam Poyser
Helen Steemson
Gnits
Kiri Mills
Rose
Bridget Armstrong
Mary Anne
Videos
Ziln on-line NZ Film Festival - Desperate Remedies
