Constance
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Constance

Falling in love again, never wanted to ...

6.5 / 10 1985 1h 44mNR English
Drama

Storyline

Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.

Cast & Crew

Donogh Rees

Donogh Rees

Constance Elsworthy

Lead
Martin Vaughan

Martin Vaughan

Alexander Elsworthy

JD

Judie Douglass

Sylvia Elsworthy

DM

Donald MacDonald

John Munroe

GH

Graham Harvey

Errol Barr

MW

Mark Wignall

Richard Lewis

HJ

Hester Joyce

Noeline

Shane Briant

Shane Briant

Simon Malyon

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bruce Morrison's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Constance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker