Synopsis:
Dorothea wants to save her sister Rose by marrying her to Lawrence. But Rose wants someone else. And Lawrence wants Dorothea.
Set in a highly-stylised nineteeth century New Zealand, Desperate Remedies is a film about a woman in control of everything - except her own heart.
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Credits:
Festival/Awards:
1993: Cannes Film Festival - Official Selection,
1994: New Zealand Film and Television Awards (Best Male Performance in a Supporting Role: Cliff Curtis, Cinematography: Leon Narbey, Design: Mike Kane, Contribution to Design - Film: Glenis Foster, for her costume design),
1994: Asia-Pacific Film Festival (Best Direction: Peter Wells, Best Art Direction: Mike Kane),
1994: Turin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival(Audience Prize for Best Feature Film),
1994: Fantasporto,
1993: Sitges Fantastic Film Festival,
1993: Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya,
1993: Montreal, Miami, London, Kiev , Stockholm,
1994: Calcutta, Gerardmer Fantasy Film Festival , Flanders , Rotterdam , Singapore,
2002: Summer School Film Festival,
2003: New Delhi - NZ Retrospective
Technical information:
Colour;
Dolby,
Digitised