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Apr 18, 1997 · Roger Ebert April 18, 1997. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Bruce Beresford's “Paradise Road” tells the story of a group of women who were held prisoner in a Japanese internment camp for most of World War II. If you were told this story by one of the survivors, you would shake your head in amazement and marvel at her courage.
Rated: C Jun 21, 2007 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Paradise Road is a unique look back in both style and content, but its ...
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Tale begins in Singapore’s Raffles Hotel on Feb. 10, 1942, when a military ball is interrupted by Japanese bombing. The women and children are put aboard a ship, which suffers a massive attack ...
Paradise Road. (1997 film) Paradise Road is a 1997 Australian war film that tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as Adrienne Pargiter, (based on Norah Chambers [3] [4] ), Frances ...
55 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 9/10. Gripping and uplifting true story of women faced with indomitable odds. Maverick1962 9 January 2001. This film gripped me from the opening scene in the hotel ballroom and prooved to be a class act right to the end. Director Bruce Beresford's track record includes Driving Miss Daisy ...
Playing Adrienne Pargiter, the founder and conductor of an all-female vocal orchestra formed in a Japanese prison camp during World War II, Ms. Close is starved, humiliated, beaten and nearly killed. Through it all, she maintains her impeccable boarding-school manners along with the indomitable self-confidence of a Great Lady serenely pulling ...
Apr 11, 1997 · Paradise Road: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett. A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.
