Oscar and Lucinda

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.

Release Date

Dec 31, 1997

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Gillian Armstrong

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America

Company

Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dalton Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$1,897,404