A Woman's Tale (1991)
- Starring:
- Sheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, (more)
- Director(s):
- Paul Cox
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
Synopsis of A Woman's Tale
Australian director Paul Cox, skilled at intense psychological stories about lone souls looking for comfort in a cold world, was at his best with this original script co-written by the director and Barry Dickins. Martha is a 78-year-old woman living out her final days. Not a maudlin tale of a lonely woman wasting away, A Woman's Tale focuses on a human who manages to maintain an amazing vitality in the face of death. She encourages her young nurse, Anna (Gosia Doborowolska), to use her flat for romantic trysts; she looks in on Billy (Norman Kayes), an elderly neighbor, and she resists attempts by her son Johanathan (hris Haywood) to place her in a nursing home. Sheila Florance's performance as Martha is a marvel, especially given the art-imitates-life aspect of production: Florance was terminally ill, and she died soon after she was nominated for the Best Actress Award for Australia's Academy Awards. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Woman's Tale
- Sheila Florance - Martha
- Norman Kaye - Billy
- Myrtle Woods - Miss Inchley
- Monica Maughan - Billy's daughter
- Nino Gaetano Martinetti - Cafe Manager
- Alex Menglet - Con 2
- James Khong - Doctor
- Victoria Eagger - 1st Nurse
- Tony Llewellyn-Jones - Celebrant
- Dawn Klingberg - Don's wife
- François Bernard - Neighbor
- Marion Heathfield - 2nd Nurse
- Kate Fewster - Young Martha
- Gosia Dobrowolska - Anna
- Chris Haywood - Johnathan
- Ernest Gray - Peter
- Max Gillies - Billy's son-in-law
- Bruce Myles - Con 1
- Manuel Bachet - Neighbor
- David Reid - Don
- Hal Todd - Hal Todd
- Veronica Koca - Young girl
- Melita Jurisic - Judy
- Kyra Cox - Young Girl
- Carla Hoogeveen - Waitress
- Marina Finlay - Prostitute
- Director(s):
- Paul Cox
- Writer(s):
- Paul Cox, Barry Dickins
- Producer(s):
- Santhana K. Naidu, Paul Cox, William Marshall
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children)
- 1991 - Australian Film Institute Awards - Best Actress
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