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21 October 1999 (Australia)
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In the tradition of Out of Africa. more
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Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. full summary | add synopsis
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Covering too much
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(Credited cast)| Rufus Sewell | ... | Mick Carpenter | |
| Martin Donovan | ... | Dr. Phillip Spence | |
| Maya Stange | ... | Evelyn Spence | |
| Max Cullen | ... | Douglas Stevens | |
| John Howard | ... | Rev Macgregor | |
| Andrew S. Gilbert | ... | Gerry | |
| Marshall Napier | ... | Sir Geoffrey Hallerton | |
| Susan Lyons | ... | Helen Stevens | |
| Don Barker | ... | Barman |
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Evelyn Spence: I once met a man, not my husband, another man. He looked back on a life. What would you carry into the darkness? For me, I'll take the smell of a pearl shell, freshly opened, one day on a beach.
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Evelyn Spence: I once met a man, not my husband, another man. He looked back on a life. What would you carry into the darkness? For me, I'll take the smell of a pearl shell, freshly opened, one day on a beach.
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Let's see, we start off with gender issues, spousal domination, economic exploitation, colonialism, church oppression, scientific oppression through cultural arrogance and nationalism. Although, engaging and great to watch the film just tries to cover too much and winds up just giving superficial attention to all these issues.
I always have trouble with films that have an attractive lead actress, who has her hair pulled back and wears glasses when she's supposed to be dowdy or a-sexual. The different transformations of Maya Strang were a bit hard to take and the sequence where she goes native was over the top.
I would have liked better character development and a stronger focus. That said, the film was not a waste of time and Ms Strang is actor to watch.