''Georgia'' is a 1988 Australian
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
directed by
Ben Lewin
Ben Lewin (born 1946) is an Australian director.
Early life and education
Ben Lewin was born in Poland. As a child, he emigrated with his family to Melbourne, Australia. At the age of six, he contracted polio which has caused him to use cru ...
(in his
theatrical film directing debut) and starring
Judy Davis
Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequen ...
.
Plot
Judy Davis
Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequen ...
plays the two roles of a mother, Georgia, and her daughter Nina. The film is presented as a series of flashbacks as Nina investigates her mother's death, which led to her adoption as a young child.
Cast
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Judy Davis
Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequen ...
as Nina Bailley/Georgia White
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John Bach
John Bach (born 5 June 1946) is a British-born New Zealand actor who has acted on stage, television and film over a period of more than four decades. Though born in the United Kingdom, he has spent most of his career living and working in New Z ...
as Karlin
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Julia Blake as Elizabeth
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Alex Menglet
Alex Menglet, born ''Alexei Menglet'' in Moscow USSR in 1956, is an actor who has found success working in Australia.
Career
Menglet is best known for his roles as chef Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor in the 1984 season of ''Prisoner'' and more recently ...
as Lazlo
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Marshall Napier
James Marshall Napier (22 October 1951 – 14 August 2022) was a New Zealand-born character actor, playwright and graphic artist. He is known for a succession of strong supporting roles in Australasian films and television shows. He has also h ...
as Frank Le Mat
Production
The film was inspired by Albert Tucker's 1984 painting of
Joy Hester
Joy St Clair Hester (21 August 1920 – 4 December 1960) was an Australian artist. She was a member of the Angry Penguins movement and the Heide Circle who played an integral role in the development of Australian Modernism. Hester is best known ...
. Producer Bob Weis originally wanted to make a film based on Hester's life but decided to make a fictional film.
David Stratton
David James Stratton (born 10 September 1939) is an English-Australian award-winning film critic, as both a journalist and interviewer, film historian and lecturer and television personality and producer.
Life and career
Born in Trowbridge, ...
, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990, pages 270–272.
Box office performance
''Georgia'' grossed $44,205 at the box office in Australia.
See also
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Cinema of Australia
References
External links
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''Georgia''at the National Film and Sound Archive
''Georgia''at Oz Movies
1988 films
Australian thriller films
1980s English-language films
Films shot in Melbourne
1988 thriller films
Films directed by Ben Lewin
1988 directorial debut films
1980s Australian films
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