The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm

114 mins | Drama | Sept. 15, 2011

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.

The Eye of the Storm

114 mins | Drama | Sept. 15, 2011

The Eye of the Storm
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Ingenious Broadcasting, Paper Bark Films Pty. Ltd., RMB Productions
Original title The Eye of the Storm
Directors Toby Pease, Breeze Callahan, Nicholas E. Schepisi, Kristin Witcombe, Todd Embling, Fred Schepisi
Writers Patrick White, Judy Morris

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

as Basil Hunter

Judy Davis

as Dorothy de Lascabanes

Charlotte Rampling

as Elizabeth Hunter

Alexandra Schepisi

as Flora Manhood

Helen Morse

as Lotte

John Gaden

as Arnold Wyburd

Robyn Nevin

as Lal Wyburd

Colin Friels

as Athol Shreve

Dustin Clare

as Col

Nikki Shiels

as Janie

Bille Brown

as Dudley

Jane Menelaus

as Maggie

Martin Lynes

as Edvard

Simon Stone

as Peter

Louise Siversen

as Carol

Elizabeth Alexander

as Cherry Cheeseman

Barry Langrishe

as Doug Cheeseman

Peter Houghton

as Rory Macrory

Trudy Hellier

as Anne Macrory

Monique Heath

as Mogs Macrory

Tim Robertson

as Dr. Treweek

William Fisher

as William McRory

Justin Smith

as Club Desk Clerk

Bob Marcs

as Club Porter

Jamie Timony

as Onslow Porter

Benita Collings

as Lady at Lunch

May Floyd

as Lurline Skinner