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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

R 12/31/1997 Drama, Romance 2h 12m
64%
User
Score
6.5/10
66%
66/100

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.

Gillian Armstrong

Director

Laura Jones

Screenplay

Top Billed 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

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Betty Stratton

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Media

Oscar and Lucinda (1997) trailer

Oscar and Lucinda (1997) trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 27, 2023

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 still being a bit of a luxury in 1850s Australia). When the two meet on a boat they realise that their isolation from society at large (and their fondness for a turn at the cards) gives them plenty i...

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