Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
132 min
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.
- Release date
- December 31, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia
- Budget
- $16,000,000
- Box office
- $1,897,404
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins
- Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier
- Ciarán 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
- Gillian Jones as Elizabeth Leplastrier
- Robert Menzies as Abel Leplastrier
- Matyelok Gibbs as Mrs. Williams
- Will Barton as College Student
- Nicolas Tennant as College Student
- Sam Newman as George Loxwood
- Peter Whitford as Mr. Ahearn
- Lynette Curran as Mrs. Ahearn
- Ron Blanchard as Steamer Captain
Crew
- Gillian Armstrong · Director
- Laura Jones · Writer
- Peter Carey · Writer
- Robin Dalton · Producer
- Timothy White · Producer
- Thomas Newman · Composer
- Geoffrey Simpson · Cinematographer
- Nicholas Beauman · Editor
- Alison Barrett · Casting director
- Kathleen Mackie · Casting director
- Luciana Arrighi · Production designer