Constance

Constance

Falling in love again, never wanted to ...

1985•1h 44m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(2)

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.

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Production

Mirage Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Donogh Rees

Donogh Rees

Constance Elsworthy

Martin Vaughan

Martin Vaughan

Alexander Elsworthy

Judie Douglass

Sylvia Elsworthy

Donald MacDonald

John Munroe

Graham Harvey

Errol Barr

Mark Wignall

Richard Lewis

Hester Joyce

Noeline

Shane Briant

Shane Briant

Simon Malyon

Lee Grant

Mrs. Barr

Jonathan Hardy

Jonathan Hardy

Randolf Grieve

Elric Hooper

Freddie

Gay Dean

Lady Bridgewater

Beryl Te Wiata

Beryl Te Wiata

Mrs. Mair

Yvonne Lawley

Mrs. Willard

Paul Owen-Lowe

Peter Merritt

Dai Evans

Bishop Lewis

Joan Foster

Mrs. Lewis

Susan Trainor

Naked Lady

Barbara Doherty

Dancer

Susan Paterson

Dancer

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