1972 Australian film
| Gentle Strangers |
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| Directed by | Cecil Holmes |
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| Written by | Cecil Holmes |
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| Produced by | Roland Beckett |
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| Starring | Yee Choo Koo |
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| Cinematography | Mick Bornemann
Kerry Brown
Bruce Hillyard
Don McAlpine
David Sanderson |
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| Edited by | Graham Chase |
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| Music by | Barry Conyngham |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
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| Country | Australia |
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| Language | English |
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Gentle Strangers is a 1972 Australian film directed by Cecil Holmes.
Plot
A Chinese boy and a Thai girl have a romance when they meet in a seedy boarding house in Sydney. An Indonesian student is posted to a rural research centre while his wife and child cope with life in the city.
Cast
- Yee Choo Koo as Preeyan
- Clem Chow as Lawrence
- Rick Lay as himself
- Eric Lay as himself
- Yanti Lay as herself
- Jennifer West as Miss Emerson
- Lyn Murphy as Mrs Baker
Production
Cecil Holmes spent a year researching and writing the film, which was made for Film Australia. It was shot on 16mm with a mostly non professional cast.[1]
Release
The film was released through non commercial film libraries and screened on commercial television but did not screen in cinemas.[1]
References
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p269
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