Genres
Production Companies
Dalton Films
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Oscar and Lucinda
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
Overview
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Key Crew
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Producer: Timothy White, Robin Dalton
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson
Screenplay: Laura Jones
Top Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett
Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh
Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon
Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell
Theophilus
Barnaby Kay
Wardley-Fish
Videos
Oscar and Lucinda (1997) trailer
