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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

R ★ 6.3/10 132 min Drama, Romance Australia, United Kingdom, United States English
Novel: Peter Carey
Screenplay by: Laura Jones
Streaming: Not available
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

Description

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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Top Cast

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

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