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'Winter of Our Dreams' is a 1981 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in 6 other categories also.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083331/awards IMDb awards] It was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where Judy Davis won the award for Best Actress.

Plot



Rob (Bryan Brown), a bookshop owner, hears of the suicide of an old girlfriend Lisa (Margie McCrae). While investigating the case he meets Lou (Judy Davis), a prostitute and old friend of Lisa's.

Cast



*Judy Davis as Lou

*Bryan Brown as Rob

*Cathy Downes as Gretel

*Mercia Deane-Johns as Angela

*Baz Luhrmann as Pete

*Peter Mochrie as Tim

*Mervyn Drake as Mick

*Margie McCrae as Lisa Blaine

*Joy Hruby as Marge

*Kim Deacon as Michelle

Production



In the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called 'Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain' about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was re used in 'Winter of Our Dreams'.

There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain.

Box office



'Winter of Our Dreams' was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia,[http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf 'Film Victoria Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'] which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars.

See also



*Cinema of Australia

References



Further reading



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