Directed by Peter Weir • 1974 • Australia
The small town of Paris, Australia, deliberately causes car accidents, then salvages and sells all valuables from the wrecks.
Directed by Peter Weir • 1975 • Australia
Starring Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lin...
Directed by Fred Schepisi • 1976 • Australia
Starring Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke
Fred Schepisi’s celebrated first feature is a lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy’s coming of age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Victoria. A semiautobiographical retelling of th...
Directed by Bruce Beresford • 1976 • Australia
Starring John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Ray Barrett
“Mr. And Mrs. Donald Henderson request your presence at a little get-together.” When you mix a left-wing teacher, a loudmouthed sex maniac, a mild-mannered accountant, a failed philosopher, a prom...
