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Illuminations (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Illuminations' is a 1976 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's first full-length feature film although he had made numerous shorts beforehand.
Plot
A couple living together have a tense relationship. The woman's father dies and she becomes preoccupied with death. She almost drowns in the bath but then recovers her enthusiasm for life.
Cast
*Gabriella Trsek as Gabi
*Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Tony
*Norman Kaye as Gabi's father
*Sheila Florance
*Athol Shmith
*Tibor Markus
*Robert Trauer
*Elke Neidhardt
*Fabian Muir
*Alena Leiss
*Christopher Stewart
*Dora Stubenrauch
*Ilona Enten
*John Williams
Production
The film was inspired by a dream Paul Cox had in the early 1970s about being trapped in a coffin, seeing people who he had known all his life.Tom Ryan, "Making Silence Speak: Interview with Paul Cox", 'Cinema Papers', July 1977 p18
$16,000 of the budget came through the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council, with the rest from private investment. It was released through Melbourne Co-operatives but never recovered its cost.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 299
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