Desperate Remedies

1992
R
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

406

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Comedy Drama Music

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 h... Read allIn 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 Do... Read allIn 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 bri... Read all

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6.5/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations

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

Quotes
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.

Connections
Featured in Century of Cinema: Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)

Soundtracks
La Forza del Destino
Overtoure & Aria
Giuseppe Verdi

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Review

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6/10

Outrageous film from New Zealand.

Movie has migrane-inducingly bright colors, and outlandish costumes - such as a hoop-skirt with nothing under it.

Gay sensibility throughout, in this somewhat peculiar, Victorianish setting.

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