
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
1997-12-31 • Drama, Romance • 2h12m • Released
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They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
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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.
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dalton Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation