There is the suggestion that love serenade will be some kind of a love triangle, with both sisters competing for the disc jockeys attentionbut something about ken sherrys implacable, insolent, lazy personality suggests that he has secrets we have not even remotely guessed. Miranda otto, rebecca frith, george shevtsov, jessica napier, john alansu, shirley barrett. Vickiann hurley rebecca frith and her younger sister dimity miranda otto are both feeling stagnant in the tiny outback town of sunray, and they welcome the distraction provided by the arrival of ken sherry george shevtsov, a formerly popular radio personality fallen on hard times. True love and chaos a terrific cast of australian and british talent does solid work in this initially intriguing first feature from writerdirector stavros andonis efthymiou, who demonstrates. Serenade our love is the serenade a song the heavens made and angels played when first we kissed we touched and i became devine my love discovered using shazam, the music discovery app. Vickiann and her younger sister dimity are both feeling stagnant, and they welcome the distraction provided by the arrival of ken, a formerly popular radio personality fallen on hard times. But when dimity also expresses her amorous interests and stakes a claim, the stage is set for a highspirited conflict between the decidedly disparate sisters. For the most part, movies tend to tell the stories of love affairs between the right people, with romance and fate being an. It is a hard environment and it is captured in the true colours of the harshness of bush australia. Though one is shy and the other is flashy and outgoing, the hurley sisters are both lonely young women on the lookout for love. A collection of sweeping asian movie epics to ring in the lunar new year at sbs on demand. The 10 best australian films of 2016 film the guardian. Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man. Campion once told the critic roger ebert she was trying to reexamine what erotic is.
A disc jockey george shevtsov seduces two australian sisters miranda otto, rebecca frith. Lantana, the babadook and love serenade stones moody drama is a. The movies are serenades 2001 and the earlier love serenade 1996. Love serenade movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. A middleaged disc jockey becomes romantically entangled with two sisters in this quirky australian comedy. Love serenade 1996 australian one sheet poster at amazons. Shirley barrett looks back on love serenade on aso.
A middleaged disc jockey becomes romantically entangled with a pair of sisters in this quirky australian comedy. This is a list of films set in australia and not just only filmed or created in australia. Love serenade movie trailer, news, cast, interviews sbs. Love serenade 1996 shirley barrett releases allmovie.
Am becoming quite a fan some very nice movies have come out of here. Australian films love to create strange characters. One of two australian theatrical feature films featuring the word serenade in the title made within a period of around five years. Love serenade is a calm, quiet minimasterpiece in super slomo from down under by shirley barrett, in her firstever attempt at a fulllength theatrical movie.
The first thing that struck me on seeing love serenade 1996 again on the big screen after all these years was. A great movie that looks at the relationship we build with each other. How australia s landscape sears into our movies and inspires looking for grace. Love serenade is a wickedly funny 1996 australian feature film directed by shirley barrett. Love serenade this australian comedy is wonderfully bizarre, in its story of two sisters in a tiny town who both succumb to the charms of their new neighbor. Watch love serenade movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The mid1900s had a slow start for australian film, although the first academy award was won for an australian film, kokoda front linethe industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, picnic at hanging rock, and with the success of the series of mad max franchise films. Described as a survival love story by the director, the film depicts two indigenous australian 14yearolds living in a remote aboriginal community who steal a car and escape their difficult lives by going to alice springs. A pragmatic australian with an offbeat take on the world. While barrett has completed several short films and worked regularly in. Love serenade is one of the best film discussions i have seen on the broadened nature of love. How australias landscape sears into our movies and. It is a thinly disguised version of robinvale, victoria, which was the location of the film. Cant vouch of the quality of the films but this is as good a list of what australian.
Priscilla, queen of the desert a wacky australian movie about drag queens making their way through the outback. Love serenade 1997 stream and watch online moviefone. Love serenade 1997 dimity miranda otto, an introverted, unassuming waitress at a chinese restaurant in the desolate australian town of sunray, has never been in a relationship. In sunray, a backwater town on australia s murray river, theres little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. The cast do a wonderful job in portraying the emotions of the clashes between the cultures, particularly alice haines as jila and aden young as johann. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Slightly scifi in nature, so that makes it okay for me to enjoy it. It began in the early 1970s and lasted until the midlate 1980s. Love serenade is a 1996 australian feature film directed by shirley barrett. The directors light touch and the performances allows love serenade to get away with an outrageous joke involving a big fish. Writerdirector shirley barrett won the golden camera at cannes for this offbeat australian comedy starring mirando otto and rebecca frith.
Movies such as sweetie, muriels wedding and strictly ballroom were populated by people whose lives seem made out of pop fantasies and sheer desperation. Things start to get fishy between the dj and two sister becoming a bizarre love triangle that will have you shocked. Love serenade movie trailer, news, cast, interviews. Love serenade a wacky australian movie about two sisters competing for a very undesirable man. The australian new wave also known as the australian film revival, australian film renaissance, or new australian cinema was an era of resurgence in worldwide popularity of australian cinema, particularly in the united states. Queen of the desert tend to dominate discussions of quirky australian comedies made in the 90s, but love serenade. With miranda otto, rebecca frith, george shevtsov, john alansu. Set in the riverina town of sunray, love serenade is the story of vickiann rebecca frith and dimity hurley miranda otto, aged 26 and 21 respectively, who are both beset by the notion that somehow the world is passing them by. Introverted waitress dimity miranda otto lives in the desolate australian town of sunray and has never been in a relationship. Winner of the camera dor at the 1996 cannes film festival, love serenade, the feature debut of australian director shirley barrett, has the kind of nasty, biting wit that juries at film festivals seem to appreciate. End of spoiler alert the soundtrack is funky and sexy including huge hits from the 70s such as barry whites 1975 song love serenade or the 1975 gwen mccrae hit rockin chair.
Jane campion is an important part of australian film so i would say it qualifies. Pages in category australian comedy films the following 162 pages are in this category, out of 162 total. More than anything, however, its a cautionary tale about the power of projection that often goes hand in hand with romantic love. Vickiann hurley rebecca frith and her younger sister dimity miranda otto are both feeling stagnant in the tiny outback town of sunray, and they welcome the distraction provided by the arrival of ken sherry george shevtsov, a formerly popular radio personality fallen on hard. Jul 27, 1997 in fact, she is a film director from sydney, australia, whose first feature movie, love serenade, has made the rounds of the worlds most important festivals, winning acclaim and causing her. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Sbs acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout australia. We are introduced to a pair of sisters, dimity and vickiann, who share a house. Twentysixyearold vickiann hurley rebecca frith single. Her housemate and sister, vickiann rebecca frith, a raucous hairdresser, spends her spare time reading romance novels and fantasizing about marriage.
A selection of feature films and documentaries leaving sbs on demand in august, including calvary, moonlight, storm boy, the hunt for red october, once were warriors. There are not many characters in love serenade r, which is set in a fictitious, small town called sunray, located on the murray river. Coming straight out of left field, this very dark and very funny film marks the debut of australian writerdirector shirley barrett. Sep 17, 2010 the first thing that struck me on seeing love serenade 1996 again on the big screen after all these years was. So when a slick, smoothtalking radio deejay from the big city blows into their tiny town. Im gonna love you just a little more, baby written by barry white. Proof 1991 australian one sheet, for the video release. Over the past few weeks at the cinema, sitting through the dramatic trailer for the rovera dystopian drama out today and set in a futuristic australian desert, directed by david michod whose dark, epic animal kingdom in 2010 was critically adoredhas gotten us thinking about all the australian movies set in the desert. The piano rewatched reexamining the erotic via sexually. Janet is from new zealand as well, but part of the funding for the movie came from australia broadcasting corporation as it was originally intended for tv. Jane campions sweetie, shirley barretts love serenade. Ken sherry arrives from the hustle of brisbane to run the station.
Australian film finance corporation, miramax films. As writerdirector, she has crafted a film that is best appreciated by true aficionados of the art form. Moody, leisurely paced, and wonderfully filmed, named after an actual. Vickiann hurley rebecca frith and her younger sister dimity miranda otto are. In fact, she is a film director from sydney, australia, whose first feature movie, love serenade, has made the rounds of the worlds most important festivals, winning acclaim and. Shop love serenade 1996 australian one sheet poster and more music, movie, and tv memorabilia at amazons entertainment collectibles store. Eight questions for shirley barrett, director of love serenade.
The honey voiced sherry and his sexy barry whiteinspired playlist turns vickiann on to seize the moment and seduce the dj in her own unique fashion. Miranda otto, rebecca frith, george shevtsov, john alansu, jessica napier, jill mcwilliam, ryan jackson, sabrina norris, mandy walker. Love serenade by australian filmmaker shirley barrett ushers into theatrical distribution next month by miramax. Titles such as muriels wedding and the adventures of priscilla. Their lives are thrown into a dither when a hotshot radio dj moves into the house next door. Love serenade 1996 full movie download full hd youtube. Our agreements with the content provider dont allow purchases of this title at this time.
In a nutshell, its that the humor comes from within the characters and situations, not from the hand of the. Now, im hard to please when it comes to comedies, so what makes love serenade so much fun to watch. In sunray, a backwater town on australias murray river, theres little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. Find release information for love serenade 1996 shirley barrett on allmovie. Feb 20, 2016 the piano is kinky on its own terms and in its own unusual ways.
Critics nationwide are cheering the wickedly funny and outrageously entertaining love serenade. Australian director shirley barretts debut film, love serenade, is many things a black comedy, a comingofage story, a surrealistic fable. Enter the sleazy and considerably fishy bgrade celebrity ken sherry, and the pyrotechnics of love, pain and the whole damn thing. In fact, she is a film director from sydney, australia, whose first feature movie, love serenade, has made the rounds of the worlds most important festivals, winning acclaim and causing her to be mentioned in a lineage with directors like gillian armstrong and jane campion. Love serenade 1997 stream and watch online dimity miranda otto, an introverted, unassuming waitress at a chinese restaurant in the desolate australian town of sunray, has never been in a. Two dorky, lovestarved sisters live together in a house in the aussie backwater town of sunray. This article needs additional citations for verification. There are not many characters in love serenade, which is set in a fictitious, almostdeserted town called sunray, located on the murray river. Stone 1974 australian cult film grave diggers motorcycle club. The era also marked the emergence of ozploitation, a film genre characterised by the exploitation of. It is one of the best black comedies ever made and one of the finest films to come out of australia. Love serenade 1996 directorwriter shirley barret with actors miranda otto and rebecca frith kiss or kill 1997 afi winner for best film doing time for patsy cline 1997 10 afi nominations.