My First Wife is a 1984 Australian

Cinema of Australia

Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 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...

. The film won several AFI Awards in 1984. The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.

Awards

My First Wife won in 1984 AFI Awards in the Best Actor in a Lead Role (John Hargreaves), Best Director (Paul Cox), Best Original Screenplay (Paul Cox, Bob Ellis) categories and was nominated in 4 more categories. Paul Cox also won the 1986 Grand Prix award at the Flanders International Film Festival in 1986.

Cast

• John Hargreaves as John
• Wendy Hughes
  Wendy 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 Helen
• Lucy Angwin as Lucy
• David Cameron
  David Cameron
  David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
  
   as Tom
• Anna Maria Monticelli as Hilary
• Betty Lucas as Helen's Mother
• Lucy Uralov as John's Mother
• Robin Lovejoy as Helen's father
• Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Helen's Father
• Jon Finlayson as Bernard
• Julia Blake
  Julia Blake
  Julia 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 Kirstin

Box office

My First Wife grossed $413,199 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $1,049,525 in 2009 dollars.

External links

• My First Wife at the Australian screen
• My First Wife DVD at Artfilms