Release Date

27 Oct, 1994

Runtime

01:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Sometimes the further you travel the closer you get to home.

Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander returns with his beautiful young wife Deborah, revealing himself as an arrogant failure and wanting to sell the farm out from under Jack. Blakemore introduces themes about Australia's separation from England, as well as expanding the pacifist and ecological philosophies espoused by the local Doctor Max Askey.

Original Title

Country Life

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Actors

Greta Scacchi

Kerry Fox

Sam Neill

John Hargreaves

Michael Blakemore

Googie Withers

Maurie Fields

Bryan Marshall

Crew

Marc Spicer

Reg Garside

Frank Flick

Warren Grieef

Michael Blakemore

Nicholas Beauman

Robin Dalton

Антон Чехов

Wendy Chuck

David Vawser

Michael Blakemore

Lesley Rouvray

Lawrence Eastwood

Lesley Rouvray