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Oscar and Lucinda

1997 · 132 min

A sweeping, bittersweet period romance that feels like a fragile glass ornament—beautiful, odd, and prone to shattering.

Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • faith
  • love
  • grief
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Gillian Armstrong
Written by
Laura Jones
Starring
Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh, Christian Manon, Clive Russell, Barnaby Kay
Music
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson
Runtime
132 min
Country
Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
French, English

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