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31/12/1997 Drama, Romance 2h 12m
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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.

  1. Gillian Armstrong

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ralph Fiennes

    Oscar Hopkins

  2. Cate Blanchett

    Lucinda Leplastrier

  3. Ciarán Hinds

    Reverend Dennis Hasset

  4. Tom Wilkinson

    Hugh Stratton

  5. Richard Roxburgh

    Mr. Jeffries

  6. Christian Manon

    Mr. Tomasetti

  7. Clive Russell

    Theophilus

  8. Barnaby Kay

    Wardley-Fish

  9. Linda Bassett

    Betty Stratton

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-27
This is a wonderfully good looking film with two strong performances from Ralph Fiennes ("Hopkins") and Cate Blanchett ("Lucinda"). The former is a bit of a loner being raised by his rather puritanical Pentecostal father. He absconds into the care of Anglican "Stratton" (Tom Wilkinson) who arranges for him to obtain an university education. Thing is, this brightly red haired lad doesn't really fit in, and is soon far more focussed on his rather effective system of gambling. Meantime, the latter, an Australian, has inherited a substantial fortune and invested it in a glass making factory (glass...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$16,000,000.00

Revenue
$1,897,404.00

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