Gentle Strangers
| Gentle Strangers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Cecil Holmes |
| Written by | Cecil Holmes |
| Produced by | Roland Beckett |
| Starring | Yee Choo Koo |
| Cinematography | Mick Bornemann Kerry Brown Bruce Hillyard Don McAlpine David Sanderson |
| Edited by | Graham Chase |
| Music by | Barry Conyngham |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p269
External links[]
- Gentle Strangers at IMDb
- Gentle Strangers at Oz Movies
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Categories:
- 1972 films
- English-language films
- Australian films
- 1970s Australian film stubs