Kangaroo

Australia, 1987, 108 min

Directed by:

Tim Burstall

Based on:

D. H. Lawrence (book)

Screenplay:

Evan Jones

Cinematography:

Dan Burstall

Composer:

Nathan Waks
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Colin Friels as mild-mannered English novelist Richard Somers and Judy Davis as his wife Harriet (Davis delivers a brilliant, AFI award-winning performance). The Somers leave Europe in the early '20s for a new life in Australia. The couple are captivated by the openness and hospitality with which they are received, but they are soon enveloped in a web of political intrigue, adultery and murder as they become involved in battles between the rising trade unions and an underground fascist group led by “Kangaroo”, the code-name for its charismatic but dangerous leader. (Umbrella Entertainment)

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