Lilian's Story Movie Review 1995

Aging Lilian (Cracknell) has just been released after spending 40 years in a mental institution, placed there as an adolescent by her controlling, possessive father. The haunted Lilian is given a room at a residential hotel in Sydney's red-light district where the local prostitutes look out for her and she spends her days wandering the streets. Flashbacks reveal what lead the high-strung young Lilian (Collette) to her incarceration. Based on Kate Greville's 1984 novel, which was a fictional account of real-life Sydney eccentric Bea Miles.

Distribution

Vanguard International Cinema, Inc., Newport Plaza, 1901 Newport Blvd., Ste. 225, Costa Mesa, CA 92627-2289, Phone: (949)258-2000, Toll-free: 800-218-7888, Fax: (949)258-2010, URL: http://www.vanguard-cinema.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Growing Older, Sanity Check, Sydney, Bad Dads

Screenplay

Steve Wright

Cast

Ruth Cracknell, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, John Flaus, Essie Davis, Susie Lindemann, Anne Louise Lambert, Iris Shand

Cinematography

Slawomir Idziak

Director

Jerzy Domaradzki

Music

Cezary Skubiszewski

Producer

Marian MacGowan, David Court, Jane Raimondi, Australian Film Finance Corp., John Pavlic

Awards

Australian Film Inst. 1995: Support. Actress (Collette).