Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies

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New Zealand | Period Drama

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Stewart Main, Peter Wells, Greg Stitt
  • Cast(s): Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 33min
  • Music: Peter Scholes
  • Award(s): Film 1994 (Won)
    International Fantasy Film 1994 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Bluff, Eternity
  • Story:
    In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?
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STORY

Story
In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

AWARDS

Won
Film Award

Best Performance in a Supporting Role Male | 1994 | Cliff

Best Cinematography | 1994 | Leon

Best Design | 1994 | Michael

Best Contribution to Design | 1994 | Glenis

Best Actress Award

1993 | Jennifer

Nominations
International Fantasy Film Award

Best Film | 1994 | Peter

Film Award

Best Editing | 1994 | David

Best Film Award

1993 | Peter

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The film won the award for Best Costume Design at the 1993 Catalonian International Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain.

Debut theatrical feature film of actor Cliff Curtis and actresses Kiri Mills, Lisa Chappell and Helen Steemson.

This 1992 film has been fully restored and re-mastered and this restored version was "re-premiered" on 28th November 2016 at the same cinema in Auckland, New Zealand that had staged the original premiere - The Civic.

The film was partially inspired by Hollywood melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s according to the New Zealand Film Commission.

In 2016/17, an exhibition related to the film entitled ''Remedies Redux: The Desperate & The Beautiful" was held at The Pah Homestead TSB Wallace Arts Centre between 29th November 2016 and 15th January 2017. It featured props, costumes and original imagery from the movie.

Popular Dialogues

"William: Anne Cooper must leave my house immediately! You are no longer free to act. Dorothea: You are wrong William. I am free now, from always having to act."

"William: You will have nothing! Be no one! Dorothea: But myself!"