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"You know, you really should have told me that you have a weak heart."
Ten lives intersect, inject, reject and every other kind of -ect in this almost-all-Australian drama.
Police Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) is guilt-ridden about his affair with Jane O'May (Rachael Blake). Meanwhile, Leon's wife Sonja (Kerry Armstrong) tells her psychiatrist, Dr. Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) that she's concerned about her marriage and is depressed that the passion and honesty seem to be gone in her relationship with Leon.
In another meanwhile, Valerie and her law dean husband John (Geoffrey Rush) have had their own distance for the past 18 months since the murder of their daughter and especially since Valerie's book about their daughter was recently released. In addition, Valerie is feeling odd about one of her patients, Patrick (Peter Phelps), who is having an affair with a married man.
Still more meanwhiles when Jane's neighbor and friend Paula (Daniella Farinacci) tells Jane that Paula's husband Nik (Vince Colosimo) has talked with Jane's estranged husband Pete (Glenn Robbins) and Pete wants to reunite with Jane. Jane proceeds to come on to the unemployed Nik when Paula is at work.
When Valerie goes missing late one night, puzzle pieces scattered all over begin to come together.
Leah Purcell appears as Leon's police partner Claudia Wiss who has covered his affair from Sonja and who is also smitten with a mystery man she sees regularly at the diner.
The first film to win all of the top six categories of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards: best picture, best director, best actress, best actor, best supporting actress, best supporting actor. It also won for best adapted screenplay.
Adapted from Andrew Bovell's play Speaking in Tongues. Directed by Ray Lawrence.
Run time: 2 hours, 1 minute
Rated R for language and sexuality.
My personal rating: B
Ten lives intersect, inject, reject and every other kind of -ect in this almost-all-Australian drama.
Police Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) is guilt-ridden about his affair with Jane O'May (Rachael Blake). Meanwhile, Leon's wife Sonja (Kerry Armstrong) tells her psychiatrist, Dr. Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) that she's concerned about her marriage and is depressed that the passion and honesty seem to be gone in her relationship with Leon.
In another meanwhile, Valerie and her law dean husband John (Geoffrey Rush) have had their own distance for the past 18 months since the murder of their daughter and especially since Valerie's book about their daughter was recently released. In addition, Valerie is feeling odd about one of her patients, Patrick (Peter Phelps), who is having an affair with a married man.
Still more meanwhiles when Jane's neighbor and friend Paula (Daniella Farinacci) tells Jane that Paula's husband Nik (Vince Colosimo) has talked with Jane's estranged husband Pete (Glenn Robbins) and Pete wants to reunite with Jane. Jane proceeds to come on to the unemployed Nik when Paula is at work.
When Valerie goes missing late one night, puzzle pieces scattered all over begin to come together.
Leah Purcell appears as Leon's police partner Claudia Wiss who has covered his affair from Sonja and who is also smitten with a mystery man she sees regularly at the diner.
The first film to win all of the top six categories of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards: best picture, best director, best actress, best actor, best supporting actress, best supporting actor. It also won for best adapted screenplay.
Adapted from Andrew Bovell's play Speaking in Tongues. Directed by Ray Lawrence.
Run time: 2 hours, 1 minute
Rated R for language and sexuality.
My personal rating: B
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