The Place at the Coast
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Music director Chris Neal Duration Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Screenplay Hilary Furlong Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 17 September 1987 Based on The Place at the Coast by Jane Hyde Writer Hilary Furlong, Jane Hyde (novel) Cast (Neil McAdam), (Margot Ryan), (Ellie McAdam), Julie Hamilton (Enid Burroughs), (Gran), (Fred Ryan)Similar movies Related George Ogilvie movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An Australian teen (Tushka Bergen) resents her doctor fathers (John Hargreaves) summer romance with a 25-year-old neighbor (Heather Mitchell).
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The Place at the Coast is a 1987 Australian drama film directed by George Ogilvie and starring John Hargreaves. It is based on the novel of the same name by Jane Hyde.
Teenager Ellie is distressed by forces that threaten the special family holidays she shares with her widowed father. These threats are posed by a new coastal development and her father's new relationship with a local woman. Ellie desperately clings to memories and places that preserve the memory of her late mother.
Plot
Young Ellie McAdams passion and shelter is the pristine landscape surrounding the village of Kilkee on the Australian east coast where she and her father Neil, an abstracted widower, spend peaceful holidays in a ramshackle beach house disrupted by visits from their obstreperous extended family. When Neil is blinded by the sudden rediscovery of love, Ellie finds herself isolated in her opposition to a development that will destroy the landscape forever.
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Nominations
Australian Film Institute Awards
References
The Place at the Coast WikipediaThe Place at the Coast IMDb The Place at the Coast themoviedb.org