Oscar and Lucinda(1997)

Name: Oscar and Lucinda
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1997-12-31
Rating: 6.4

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

6.4(79)2h 12m1997-12-31

DramaRomance

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.

Director:: Gillian Armstrong
Writers:: Peter Carey, Laura Jones
Producers:: Robin Dalton, Timothy White
Cinematographer:: Geoffrey Simpson
Composer:: Thomas Newman
Production:: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dalton Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation
Budget:: $16,000,000
Revenue:: $1,897,404
Status:: Released