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Country Life is a film of genre Drama directed by Michael Blakemore released in USA on 28 july 1995 with Sam Neill

Country Life (1994)

Country Life
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Released in USA 28 july 1995
Length 1h58
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating66% 3.3446853.3446853.3446853.3446853.344685

Country Life is a 1994 Australian drama film, adapted from the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. The film was directed by Michael Blakemore. The cast included Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi and Googie Withers. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.

Synopsis

It is just after the end of World War I in an Australia that is beginning to question the value of continuing as an outpost of the British Empire. Jack Dickens' sister had married Alexander Voysey, but died years ago. After the death of his wife, Voysey took off for the bright lights of the city, abandoning his daughter, Sally, who has since been raised by her Uncle Jack and the sharp-tongued maid, Hannah. Jack and Sally have sacrificed all their own hopes and dreams to run the farm while Voysey has been disporting himself in the city, ostensibly making a name for himself as a literary critic and writer in London. However, the truth is that Voysey is a self-centered, self-aggrandizing, pompous windbag who has no visible means of support other than leeching off his brother-in-law's labor on the farm.

Actors

Sam Neill

(Dr. Max Askey)Greta Scacchi

(Deborah Voysey)John Hargreaves

(Jack Dickens)Kerry Fox

(Sally Voysey)Googie Withers

(Hannah)
And :
Michael Blakemore
Maurie Fields
Bryan Marshall
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