Love Serenade
- 20 May 1996 (1996-05-20)
Love Serenade is a 1996 Australian comedy film written and directed by Shirley Barrett. It has the tagline: "Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man".[1]
There are not many characters in Love Serenade, which is set in a fictitious, almost-deserted town called Sunray, located on the Murray River. It is a thinly disguised version of Robinvale, Victoria, which was the location of the film.[2]
The film is about a pair of sisters, Dimity (Miranda Otto) and Vicki-Ann (Rebecca Frith), who share a house. Dimity, the shy and insecure sibling, is a waitress at a local Chinese restaurant. Vicki-Ann, the brash one, is a hair stylist. Both are looking for love, although the prospects in Sunray seem bleak, at best. That is, until Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov), a thrice divorced Brisbane DJ personality, moves into the house next door.[3]
During the filming of the Silo Scene, stuntman Collin Dragsbaek died when he fell onto a faulty airbag.[4]
Cast
- Miranda Otto – Dimity Hurley
- Rebecca Frith – Vicki-Ann Hurley
- George Shevtsov – Kenneth 'Ken' Sherry
- John Alansu – Albert Lee
- Jessica Napier – Deborah 'Debbie'
- Jill McWilliam – Curler Victim
- Ryan Jackson – Boy on Bike (Ride)
- Sabrina Norris – Beautiful Baby
Awards
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or.[5]
Box office
Love Serenade grossed $836,110 at the box office in Australia.[6]
See also
- Cinema of Australia
References
- ^ Love Serenade (1996)
- ^ "Love Serenade". Film North West Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Love Serenade review Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cahill, Phillippe (13 May 1999). "Oz biz under fire after two stuntmen die". Variety. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Love Serenade". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ^ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
External links
- Love Serenade at IMDb
- Love Serenade at Oz Movies
- Love Serenade at Rotten Tomatoes
- Love Serenade at the National Film and Sound Archive
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