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Parklands

  • 1996
  • 51m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Parklands (1996)
Drama

Rosie returns to her home city on the death of her father, a former policeman. His diaries hint at corruption, and she also receives hints and veiled threats which support her suspicions. Ro... Read allRosie returns to her home city on the death of her father, a former policeman. His diaries hint at corruption, and she also receives hints and veiled threats which support her suspicions. Rosie puzzles about who he was, and about her early life and relationship to him.Rosie returns to her home city on the death of her father, a former policeman. His diaries hint at corruption, and she also receives hints and veiled threats which support her suspicions. Rosie puzzles about who he was, and about her early life and relationship to him.

  • Director
    • Kathryn Millard
  • Writer
    • Kathryn Millard
  • Stars
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Tony Martin
    • Carmel Johnson
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    173
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    • Director
      • Kathryn Millard
    • Writer
      • Kathryn Millard
    • Stars
      • Cate Blanchett
      • Tony Martin
      • Carmel Johnson
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Rosie
    Tony Martin
    Tony Martin
    • Cliff
    Carmel Johnson
    Carmel Johnson
    • Jean
    Tony Mack
    • Dave Morrison
    Patrick Duggin
    • Andrew
    Bridget Walters
    • Mrs. Roberts
    Jo Peoples
    • Elizabeth
    Corrinne Ammerlain
    • Young Rosie
    Stefan Sapio
    • Young Andrew
    Lyle Murphy
    • Des Roberts
    Layton Morrison
    • Big Man
    • (uncredited)
    Ernie Sigley
    Ernie Sigley
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Anne Wills
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kathryn Millard
    • Writer
      • Kathryn Millard
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    2sleeping_okay

    what a pile of pants

    this should really be called "pants lands", really, i mean, what going on? But seriously, i only saw a bit of it, and it actually looked quite good but it doesnt get a good mark all the same

    However, the direction was good and the story was quite interesting, the acting was also good, all in all a top quality film.
    8FilmartDD

    Ethereal mystery of everyday. Was that really my dad?

    A small but charming essay on small-town family relationships, where we know the people but never know them. In this case, the circumscribed life of the inner suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, just across the Parklands of the title. Apparently calm and bucolic, the parklands seethe with strange happenings, and this policeman dad knew something, something dangerous or merely odd? His daughter just has to find out, what is this strange compulsion? A cross between KINGS ROW and Virginia Woolf, Cate Blanchett displaying that fey fragility, the faded thirties elegance of a going-nowhere colonial capital, an unresolved air of mystery -- a satisfying fifty-minuter with a young star who soon made it big.
    tony_rad

    Brilliant Direction...

    The film Parklands, starring now famous Cate Blanchett, is delightful and inspiring. The depth and honesty it contains is rare in many commercial films to date. Under Millard's direction and script, this film translates into an epic journey of one woman, and her courage to fight against all odds.

    Rating: 9/10

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    • Release date
      • 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • Director Kathryn Millard Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Elizabeth, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia(archive footage)
    • Production companies
      • Soft Fruit
      • The Australian Film Commission
      • The South Australian Film Corporation
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      51 minutes
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