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The book tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, an Anglican priest from Devon and son of a Plymouth Brethren minister, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the ship over to Australia, and discover that they are both gamblers, one obsessive, the other compulsive.
- Peter Carey
- 1988
Oscar and Lucinda is a 1997 romantic drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. It is based on the 1988 Booker Prize -winning novel Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey. [3] In March 1998, the film was nominated at the 70th Academy Awards for the Best Costume Design .
Dec 31, 1997 · A drama romance film based on the novel by Peter Carey, starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett as two gamblers who bet on a glass church in 19th-century Australia. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama, Romance
- Gillian Armstrong
- 1997-12-31
Jan 1, 2001 · Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia.
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Jan 23, 1998 · A romantic comedy about two 19th century gamblers who build a glass cathedral in Australia. Based on Peter Carey's novel, the film stars Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett and is directed by Gillian Armstrong.
Lucinda Leplastrier is a frizzy-haired heiress who impulsively buys a glass factory with the inheritance forced on her by a well-intentioned adviser. In the early parts of this lushly written book, author Peter Carey renders the seminal turning points in his protagonists’ childhoods as exquisite 19th-century set pieces.
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A young priest and a wealthy heiress bet on transporting a glass church to the Outback in 1800s Australia. IMDb provides a brief synopsis and plot keywords for this romantic drama film.
