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'Boundaries of the Heart' is a 1988 film starring Wendy Hughes.Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 19701995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p18

It was shot in Coolgardie,[https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/boundaries-of-the-heart 'Boundaries of the Heart' (1988)]. Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21. near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p117

Plot



Shearer Andy John Hargreaves returns to Coolgardie, as he's done every year since he was a young shearer. Stella Wendy Hughes welcomes Andy warmly but her interest cools as old tensions between them are renewed. A young English schoolteacher finds himself stranded when his car breaks down. Stella helps him recover from sunstroke and seduces him. Andy realises that Stella has used him for years, playing his attentions off against any man who takes her fancy. He decides to sell his horses and truck and leave for Sydney.

'Stella'



The movie was based on 'Stella' a 1963 British TV play. It was written by Australian Peter Yeldham and features several Australians in the cast.

Premise

Stella, a barmaid, is turning 40 and reflects on her life.

Cast

* Katharine Blake as Stella

* Duncan Lamont

* Reg Lye as Blanco White

* Joseph O'Conor as Billy

* Charles Tingwell as Arthur Pearson

* Wendy Gifford as June Thompson

Production

It was inspired by a person in a bar Yeldham saw when seventeen.

The play was well received and screened in a number of countries.

The play was adapted into radio in 1964.[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/7943662 Stella] at AustLit

Release



The film went straight to video, via distributor Filmpac, but the only versions available were cropped in 4:3 format.[https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/boundaries-of-the-heart 'Boundaries of the Heart' (1988)]. Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.

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