| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
A husband and wife anthropologist team travel to a remote island to study the sexual mores of a group of villagers in a society where women have higher status than men. Their marriage begins to break down when Evelyn realizes her husband, Phillip, is wrongly interpreting the research to further his own academic ambitions. With the help of a pearl trader, she travels to another island to conduct her own study. While she is away, disaster strikes when natives attack Phillip and war breaks out in the region. After her husband's death, Evelyn seeks refuge in island mourning traditions and in the love of Mick, the pearl trader |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of Showcase broadcast April 19th, 2010. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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Ending of recording cut off |
| Credits |
Director: Bill Bennett |
| Cast |
Rufus Sewell, Martin Donovan, Maya Stange |
| Notes |
Rated: MA 15+ |
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Originally released: Australian Film Finance Corporation, 1999 |
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DVD. Region unspecified |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films
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Anthropology -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships in motion pictures
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| SUBJECT |
Oceania -- Social life and customs -- Drama
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| Author |
Bennett, Bill
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Sewell, Rufus, 1967-
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Donovan, Martin
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Stange, Maya
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Showcase Channel
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