Oscar and Lucinda
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
1997-12-31 | 132 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Ralph FiennesOscar Hopkins
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Cate BlanchettLucinda Leplastrier
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Ciarán HindsReverend Dennis Hasset
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Tom WilkinsonHugh Stratton
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Richard RoxburghMr. Jeffries
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Christian ManonMr. Tomasetti
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Clive RussellTheophilus
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Barnaby KayWardley-Fish
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Linda BassettBetty Stratton
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Geoffrey RushNarrator (voice)
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Basil ClarkeElderly Parishoner
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Andrea MoorMiss Shaddock
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Bille BrownPercy Smith
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Josephine ByrnesMiriam Chadwick
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Barry OttoJimmy D'Abbs
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Gillian JonesElizabeth Leplastrier
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Robert MenziesAbel Leplastrier
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Matyelok GibbsMrs. Williams