| DIRECTOR: |
Bruce Beresford |
| SCREENPLAY: |
Bruce Beresford |
| CINEMATOGRAPHER: |
Peter James |
| EDITION: |
Timothy Wellburn |
| CAST: |
Glenn Close, Pauline Collins,
Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Julianna Margulies |
| PRODUCTION: |
20th Century Fox |
| WORLD SALES: |
20th Century Fox Col. |
| ORIGINAL TITLE: |
Paradise Road |
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Col., 115 min., 1997 |
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| Bruce Beresford was born in Australia in
1940. He began his career in the seventies when he made Don’s Party, winner of the
Prize as Best Director by the Australian Film Institute and The Getting of Wisdom,
selected for thew Cannes Festival/77.With a renowned career, two of Beresford’s films
were awarded prizes with an Oscar: Driving Miss Daisy, with awards in four categories, and
Tender Mercies. He also directed Last Chance, Black Robe, and King David. |
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Based on
real events, this drama describes friendship, courage and feminine strength. Centered on a
brief episode in World War II when a group of women are captured by the Japanese.They are
in a ship escaping from Singapore after bombing when they are arrested and taken to prison
camp. Although they are of different social levels and speak different languages, they
find something that is able to keep them alive. Disobeying official orders, they form a
choir, not to sing popular music, but complex arrangements and sophisticated classical
pieces.In spite of the difficulties, including violent interruption of the first
rehearsal, the group performance is received with rapture in the camp. This is how these
women prove that a song of hope may become a symphony of glory.