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Country Life

6.3 118 mins Drama   Romance   1994
Australian Film Finance Corporation   Dalton Films  
Director(s): Michael Blakemore

Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander returns with his beautiful young wife Deborah, revealing himself as an arrogant failure and wanting to sell the farm out from under Jack. Blakemore introduces themes about Australia's separation from England, as well as expanding the pacifist and ecological philosophies espoused by the local Doctor Max Askey.

Casts of Country Life

Greta Scacchi

as Deborah Voysey

Kerry Fox

as Sally Voysey

Sam Neill

as Dr. Max Askey

John Hargreaves

as Jack Dickens

Michael Blakemore

as Alexander Voysey

Googie Withers

as Hannah

Maurie Fields

as Fred Livingstone

Bryan Marshall

as Mr. Pettinger

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