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Loving puts your heart at risk

19991h 38mNo ratings yet

Drama

Overview

Gordon, a 25-year-old chain-smoking asthmatic who unhappily works at a Brisbane bottle shop, moves into a run-down residential hotel. He becomes embroiled in a romance with Cynthia, a former co-worker who suffers from eczema and low self-esteem. Gordon and Cynthia occupy themselves with drink, drugs, sex, and Scrabble. A love triangle arises when Gordon's former love, Rachel, comes back into his life.

Keywords

alcoholism
twenty something
drug use
farm
cigarette
sex addiction
abortion
boarding house
doomed romance
old men
brisbane
unemployment benefits
high school crush
eczema

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 22, 1999
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Australia
Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation,Emcee Films
Cast: Peter Fenton,Sacha Horler,Joel Edgerton,Marta Dusseldorp,Yvette Duncan,Tex Perkins,Lynette Curran,Damon Herriman,Loene Carmen,Basil Clarkeand 25 more
Director: John Curran
Writer: Andrew McGahan,Amanda Higgs
Producer: Martha Coleman
Cinematography: Dion Beebe
Music: Jim White,Warren Ellis,Michael Turner
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0147192