Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

132 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 31, 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.

Oscar and Lucinda

132 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 31, 1997

Oscar and Lucinda
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Fox Searchlight Pictures, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Dalton Films
Original title Oscar and Lucinda
Directors Gillian Armstrong
Writers Peter Carey, Laura Jones

Cast

Ralph Fiennes

as Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett

as Lucinda Leplastrier

CiarĂ¡n Hinds

as Reverend Dennis Hasset

Tom Wilkinson

as Hugh Stratton

Richard Roxburgh

as Mr. Jeffries

Christian Manon

as Mr. Tomasetti

Clive Russell

as Theophilus

Barnaby Kay

as Wardley-Fish

Linda Bassett

as Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush

as Narrator (voice)

Basil Clarke

as Elderly Parishoner

Andrea Moor

as Miss Shaddock

Bille Brown

as Percy Smith

Josephine Byrnes

as Miriam Chadwick

Barry Otto

as Jimmy D'Abbs

Polly Cheshire

as Young Lucinda

Gillian Jones

as Elizabeth Leplastrier

Robert Menzies

as Abel Leplastrier

Adam Hayes

as Young Oscar

Matyelok Gibbs

as Mrs. Williams

Sonia Ritter

as Fanny Drabble

Will Barton

as College Student

Jonathan Markwood

as College Student

Nicholas Tennant

as College Student

Sam Newman

as George Loxwood

Nicholas Fordham

as College Student

Peter Whitford

as Mr. Ahearn

Lynette Curran

as Mrs. Ahearn

Ron Blanchard

as Steamer Captain

Colin Taylor

as Frazer

Michelle Doake

as Hotel Maid

Karen Vickery

as Society Gossip

Elspeth MacTavish

as Society Gossip

Leverne McDonnell

as Miss Malcolm

Geoff Morrell

as Charley Fig

Douglas Hedge

as Dog Pit Caller

Tobias Saunders

as Belgian Boy

Marianne Borgo

as Belgian Grandmother

Vanessa Seydoux

as Belgian Mother