''Boundaries of the Heart'' is a 1988 film starring

Wendy Hughes Wendy Hughes (29 July 19528 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia's finest and most prolific actors. ...

. It was shot in Coolgardie, 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 (

) 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.

Cast

as Stella * John Hargreaves as Andy *

Norman Kaye Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 – 28 May 2007) was an Australian actor and musician. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox. Early life and education Kaye was born in Melbourne and won a scholarship to study at ...

as Billy Marsden *

Max Cullen Max Cullen (born 29 April 1940) is an Australian stage and screen actor. He has appeared in many Australian films and television series but is best known for his role in the film '' Spider and Rose'' and the television series '' The Flying Docto ...

as Blanco White *

Michael Siberry Michael Siberry (born 1956) is an Australian stage and screen actor. Life and career Siberry was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia and began his career in Adel ...

as Arthur Pearson *

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''Stella''

The movie was based on ''Stella'' a 1963 British TV play. It was written by Australian

Peter Yeldham Peter Alan Yeldham (25 April 1927 – 20 September 2022) was an Australian screenwriter for motion pictures and television, playwright and novelist. Biography Peter Yeldham was born in Gladstone, near Smithtown, New South Wales, in 1927. L ...

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 Duncan William Ferguson Lamont (17 June 1918 – 19 December 1978) was a British actor.Brian McFarlane (Ed): ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'' (BFI/Methuen • London • 2000) p397''Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen'' (Amalgamated Pre ...

Reg Lye Reginald Thomas Lye (14 October 1912 – 23 March 1988), was an Australian actor who worked extensively in Australia and England. He was one of the busiest Australian actors of the 1950s, appearing in the majority of locally shot features at th ...

as Blanco White * Joseph O'Conor as Billy *

Charles Tingwell Charles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, he acted in his ...

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.

Release

The film went straight to video, via distributor Filmpac, but the only versions available were cropped in 4:3 format.''Boundaries of the Heart'' (1988)
Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.

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