Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

6.3132 min
DramaRomance

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 12/31/1997

Runtime: 132 min

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Writers: Peter Carey

Top Cast

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Lucinda Leplastrier

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Reverend Dennis Hasset

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Stratton

Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh

Mr. Jeffries

Christian Manon

Christian Manon

Mr. Tomasetti

Clive Russell

Clive Russell

Theophilus

Barnaby Kay

Barnaby Kay

Wardley-Fish

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Betty Stratton

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Narrator (voice)

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