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64% Critic Match
Oscar and Lucinda
“They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.”
6.4 / 10• 1997• 2h 12m•R• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Cast & Crew
Ralph Fiennes
Oscar Hopkins
Lead
Cate Blanchett
Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh
Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon
Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell
Theophilus
Barnaby Kay
Wardley-Fish
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gillian Armstrong's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Oscar and Lucinda is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
