
Feature film — 1997
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.
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A high-signal pick with 80 votes.
Fox Searchlight Pictures / Dalton Films / Australian Film Finance Corporation
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Director: Gillian Armstrong
On screen
Cast & crew

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

Linda Bassett
Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush
Narrator (voice)

Basil Clarke
Elderly Parishoner

Andrea Moor
Miss Shaddock
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