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'Wrong World' is a 1985 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and starring Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy, Nick Lathouris, Robbie McGregor, and Esben Storm. It was filmed in Nhill and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p157

Premise



David (Richard Moir), a disillusioned doctor, travels with a junkie female (Jo Kennedy) who has her own problems, across the state of Victoria.

Cast



*Al Fahad Akash as Director

*Richard Moir as David Trueman

*Jo Kennedy as Mary

*Nick Lathouris as Rangott

*Robbie McGregor as Robert

*Esben Storm as Lawrence

*Tim Robertson as Psychiatrist

Production



The film was made with a grant of more than $100,000 from Film Victoria and an Australian Film Commission distribution guarantee.

Box office



Pringle struggled to find a distributor and wound up distributing the movie himself with a grant from the AFC.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860515&id=XjZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OegDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1441,10720655 Paul Byrnes, "Making the Most on a Shoe String", 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 15 May 1986 p18] accessed 21 November 2012 'Wrong World' grossed $17,213 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']

Awards and nominations



At the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985, the Silver Bear for Best Actress went to Jo Kennedy and Ian Pringle was nominated for a Golden Bear. At the AFI Awards Ray Argall was nominated in the Best Achievement in Cinematography category.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092241/awards IMDb - awards]

See also



*Cinema of Australia

References



Further reading



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