The Nun and the Bandit
5.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Paul Cox Duration Screenplay Paul Cox Country Australia | 5/10 IMDb Genre Drama Running time 1h 32m Music director Tom E. Lewis, Norman Kaye Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1992 Based on novel by E. L. Grant Watson Writer Paul Cox, E.L. Grant Watson (novel) Cast Gosia Dobrowolska (Sister Lucy), Chris Haywood (Michael Stanley), Victoria Eagger (Maureen), Norman Kaye (George Shanley), Tom E Lewis (Bert Shanley)Similar movies Related Paul Cox movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Nun and the Bandit is an Australian film directed by Paul Cox.
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Plot summary
In the 1940s, two outlaw brothers kidnap their wealthy 14-year-old second cousin, but things get complicated when her chaperoning nun refuses to abandon her charge.
Production
The film was made with finance from Film Victoria and the FFC. It was shot near Bacchus Marsh, Maldon in Victoria.
Release
Cox called the movie "minimal filmmaking":
It's the very first time I read a book that I wanted to film, because I normally don't believe the film has much to do with the novel. I wasn't at the screening at the Melbourne Film Festival but I never want to screen a film at a festival again. That screening actually killed the release. It got bad reviews in a few places, so Roadshow wouldn't even release it. I think that as an Australian bush film, it is a very, very original film, a highly original piece. The forest, the beauty of the land, that's the altar, and the sacrifice is the innocence and youth. You have a sacrifice on an altar. But it gave me enormous satisfaction because the finished film is very nicely tuned, minimal when you look at the way it's crafted... But that's not what the reviewers want, a bush film like this. That's not very Australian, is it?
References
The Nun and the Bandit WikipediaThe Nun and the Bandit IMDb