Oscar and Lucinda
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh
Writer: Peter Carey, Laura Jones
Release Date:
December 31, 1997
December 31, 1997
Ratings:
6.3 / 10
6.3 / 10
Director:
Gillian Armstrong
Gillian Armstrong
Companies:
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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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