The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm

2011•1h 54m•4.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.8/10(34)

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.

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Production

Paper Bark Films Pty. Ltd., RMB Productions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Ingenious Broadcasting

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Basil Hunter

Judy Davis

Judy Davis

Dorothy de Lascabanes

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

Elizabeth Hunter

Alexandra Schepisi

Flora Manhood

Helen Morse

Helen Morse

Lotte

John Gaden

Arnold Wyburd

Robyn Nevin

Robyn Nevin

Lal Wyburd

Colin Friels

Colin Friels

Athol Shreve

Maria Theodorakis

Mary

Dustin Clare

Dustin Clare

Col

Nikki Shiels

Janie

Bille Brown

Bille Brown

Dudley

Jane Menelaus

Jane Menelaus

Maggie

Martin Lynes

Martin Lynes

Edvard

Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell

June

Simon Stone

Simon Stone

Peter

Louise Siversen

Carol

Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander

Cherry Cheeseman

Barry Langrishe

Barry Langrishe

Doug Cheeseman

Peter Houghton

Rory Macrory

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