Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
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.
- Released
- 1997-12-31
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gillian Armstrong, Laura Jones
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 80 votes
Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins
- Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier
- Ciarán Hinds as Reverend Dennis Hasset
- Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Stratton
- Richard Roxburgh as Mr. Jeffries
- Christian Manon as Mr. Tomasetti
- Clive Russell as Theophilus
- Barnaby Kay as Wardley-Fish
- Linda Bassett as Betty Stratton
- Geoffrey Rush as Narrator (voice)
- Basil Clarke as Elderly Parishoner
- Andrea Moor as Miss Shaddock