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Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

★ 6.4/10•1997•2h 12m•R•Drama•Romance

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

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.

Gillian Armstrong · Director

Laura Jones · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 12m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 31, 1997
Budget$16,000,000
Revenue$1,897,404

Actors

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Lucinda Leplastrier

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Reverend Dennis Hasset

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Stratton

Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh

Mr. Jeffries

Christian Manon

Christian Manon

Mr. Tomasetti

Clive Russell

Clive Russell

Theophilus

Barnaby Kay

Barnaby Kay

Wardley-Fish

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Narrator (voice)

Basil Clarke

Basil Clarke

Elderly Parishoner

Andrea Moor

Andrea Moor

Miss Shaddock

Bille Brown

Bille Brown

Percy Smith

Josephine Byrnes

Josephine Byrnes

Miriam Chadwick

Barry Otto

Barry Otto

Jimmy D'Abbs

Polly Cheshire

Young Lucinda

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