Radiance Movie Review 1998

Three half-sisters reunite in their rundown family home, located in the sugar cane country of Australia's tropical north, to bury their mother. Resentful Mae (Morton-Thomas) feels she was trapped into caring alone for their prematurely senile mother while sophisticated Cressy (Maza) became a successfull opera singer and youngest sister Nona (Mailman) indulged her party girl ways. Old grievances are aired and the trio set off more than one kind of fireworks together. Adapted by Nowra from his play.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS
Running time 83 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Female Bonding, Family Ties, Adapted from a Play, A Day in the Life. . .

Screenplay

Louis Nowra

Cast

Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachel Maza, Deborah Mailman

Cinematography

Warwick Thornton

Director

Rachel Perkins

Music

Alistair Jones

Producer

Ned Lander, Andrew Myer, Eclipse Films

Awards

Australian Film Inst. 1998: Actress (Mailman).