''Departure'' (also known as ''A Pair of Claws'')is a 1986 Australian film directed by Brian Kavanagh.
[Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p43]
Plot
A married couple decide to move to Rome and spend a final weekend in Australia.
Cast
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Sean Scully
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as Bowen
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Patricia Kennedy
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as Sylvia Swift
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Serge Lazareff
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as Simon Swift
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June Jago
June Jago (31 March 1928 – 29 July 2010) was an Australian-born actress.
Biography
She made her stage debut in Australia and went to Britain in the 1950s with a touring production of ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll''. She made her film debu ...
as Frances
Production
It was shot in Hobart and Richmond in Tasmania and only received a limited release.
[David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193]
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1986 films
Australian drama films
Australian films based on plays
Films scored by Bruce Smeaton
1980s English-language films
1980s Australian films
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