Two married anthropologists go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research.
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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 | |
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Andrew S. Gilbert | ... | Gerry |
| Marshall Napier | ... | Sir Geoffrey Hallerton | |
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Susan Lyons | ... | Helen Stevens |
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Don Barker | ... | Barman |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Steve Syson | ... | Party Patron | |
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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. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated. Written by Ken Papai
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21 October 1999 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
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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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Costume designer Edie Kurzer said: "I was keen to have the fabrics behave like the fabrics of the time and I wanted to ensure we used fabrics of the period rather than crease-resistant modern linens which didn't exist back then. Nor did things fit perfectly, since most local clothing came in small, medium and large," adding the tobacco filter adds age and toning to the costumes, making white look aged rather than picture perfect." See more »Quotes
[first lines]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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From a former cultural anthropology student, I have to say, this movie was good from a scholastic point of view. It was like taking a vacation for two hours too. And the beautiful people, and scenery...I thoroughly enjoyed it.