A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music as relieve their misery.
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Bruce Beresford
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Title: Paradise Road (1997)
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1 win & 7 nominations.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Glenn Close | ... | Adrienne Pargiter | |
| Frances McDormand | ... | Dr. Verstak | |
| Pauline Collins | ... | Margaret Drummond | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Susan Macarthy | |
| Jennifer Ehle | ... | Rosemary Leighton-Jones | |
| Julianna Margulies | ... | Topsy Merritt | |
| Wendy Hughes | ... | Mrs. Dickson | |
| Johanna ter Steege | ... | Sister Wilhelminia (as Johanna Ter Steege) | |
| Elizabeth Spriggs | ... | Mrs. Roberts | |
| Pamela Rabe | ... | Mrs. Tippler | |
| Clyde Kusatsu | ... | The Snake | |
| Stan Egi | ... | Captain Tanaka | |
| David Chung | ... | The Interpreter | |
| Sab Shimono | ... | Colonel Hirota | |
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Penne Hackforth-Jones | ... | Mrs. Pike |
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The group of women from different countries and social levels are prisoners in a Japanese POW camp, where one of them, Adrienne, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, organizes a vocal band in spite of their guards resistance. Written by Anonymous
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Rated R for prisoner of war brutality and violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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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. See more »Goofs
An early night scene of the women swimming ashore (set in the week after 10 February 1942) shows the full moon. The moon was between last quarter and new moon that week. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Release Date:
11 April 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$16,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$62,518, 13 April 1997Gross USA:
$2,007,100Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,007,100Company Credits
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Samson Productions Pty. Ltd., Planet Pictures, YTC Motion Picture Investments See more »
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This movie is one of the very few made about female POWs of the Japanese in the Second World War. I feel that this subject has been hugely neglected by war historians in general and is a story that deserved to be told. Here there is no machismo, just the story of women enduring in the face of intolerable suffering and brutality. The acting is absolutely flawless and unlike some critics I do not think the story drags at some points. The wonderful opening sequence accompanied by the Elgar Concerto is riveting and exciting, and although some parts of this film are historically inaccurate, this pales into nothing compared to the wonderful sense of time, place and adversity.