Lonely Hearts (1982 film)
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Lonely Hearts is a 1982 Australia
n film directed by Paul Cox
. A middle-aged man, Peter, goes to a dating agency in search of a companion. He is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia.
Lonely Hearts won the 1982 AFI Award for Best Film and was nominated in four other categories.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n film directed by Paul Cox
Paul Cox
Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...
. A middle-aged man, Peter, goes to a dating agency in search of a companion. He is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia.
Lonely Hearts won the 1982 AFI Award for Best Film and was nominated in four other categories.
Cast
- Wendy HughesWendy Hughes-Career:Hughes began her career on television in the early 1970s with appearances in Homicide, Number 96, Matlock Police and in 1976, ABC Mini-Series, Power Without Glory...
as Patricia Curnow - Norman KayeNorman KayeNorman James Kaye was an Australian actor and musician. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox.Kaye was born in Melbourne and educated at Geelong Grammar School...
as Peter Thompson - Jon Finlayson as George
- Julia BlakeJulia BlakeJulia Blake is a British-born actress based in Australia.Blake was born in London, England. She is married to Terry Norris. She is the mother of actresses Sarah and Jane Norris....
as Pamela - Jonathan HardyJonathan Hardy- Stage :He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978.-Film:His film...
as Bruce - Irene Inescort as Patricia's mother
- Vic Gordon as Patricia's father
- Ted Grove-Rogers as Peter's father
External links
- Lonely Hearts at the Australian screen
- NFSA info
- Lonely Hearts DVD at Artfilms