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Oscar and Lucinda

Where:

🇦🇺 Australia

When:

The 19th Century

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance. — After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

Released in 1997 — 132 minutes

Genres:

Drama Romance

Languages:

English French