Desperate Remedies

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Desperate Remedies

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This stylishly over the top melodrama from directors Stewart Main and Peter Wells won major acclaim after debuting at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In the imaginary 19th-century town of Hope, draper Dorothea Brooks (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) is desperate to save her sister (Lisa Chappell) from the clutches of opium, sex and the dastardly Fraser (Cliff Curtis). She begs a hunky migrant (Kevin Smith) to help; complications ensue. Inspired partly by 1930s and 40s Hollywood melodramas, Desperate Re...

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Video

Date created

1993

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/desperate-remedies-1993

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drugs / opium / costume drama / gothic / colony / colonial / melodrama / nzfc / nz film commission / nz on air / new zealand on air / lust / wharf / sin / classical music / no dialogue / red / whip / 1800s / bathing

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