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Oscar & Lucinda

Synopsis

OSCAR AND LUCINDA is a story of fate and chance in which the throw of a dice or the fall of a card can affect many lives. It is also the extraordinary love story of two orphans from opposite sides of the world. Both are gamblers but also innocents who gain experience, with difficulty and with joy, in the colourful times of the mid-nineteenth century.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of film: Features
Format: 35mm
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Producer: Robin Dalton, Timothy White
Principal cast: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson and Bille Brown
Screen Writer: Laura Jones

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dalton Films Twickenham Film Studios St Margarets Twickenham Middlesex TW1 2AW Tel: 020 8607 8888 Fax: 020 8607 8879

Sales Company

Fox Searchlight 10201 W.Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90064 Tel: 310 369 1524 Fax: 310 369 2359

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