''Offspring'' is an Australian thriller about Rosa Cassini, a woman (

Chantal Contouri Chantal Contouri (born 1950; sometimes credited as Chantal Cantouri, el, Σαντάλ Κοντούρη) is a Greek Australian television and film actress and former dancer, best known for her role in the 1970s soap opera ''Number 96'', as nurs ...

) who becomes obsessed with her daughter Maria (

Gabrielle Fitzpatrick Gabrielle Fitzpatrick (born 1 February 1967) is an Australian film and television actress. She first appeared in the Italian film ''Via Montenapoleone'' directed by Carlo Vanzina, and has since starred in 11 films, her most recent involvement b ...

) and her daughter's newfound love Ben King (

Robert Mammone Robert Mammone (born 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as AK in ''The Matrix'' movies, as Sid Walker in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' and as Tim Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. He was also ...

).Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p115 For her part Maria is unwilling to rekindle her relationship with her mother following an abusive past. Rosa however holds other dark secrets and a surprise for Maria and Ben.

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* Australian thriller films 1996 films 1996 thriller films 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-thriller-film-stub