Illuminations | |
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Directed by | Paul Cox |
Produced by | Tibor Markus |
Written by | Paul Cox |
Starring | Gabriella Trsek |
Cinematography | Paul Cox Brian Gracey |
Edited by | Paul Cox Russell Hurley |
Release date
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7 May 1976 |
Running time
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74 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | A$31,000 |
Illuminations is a 1976 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's first full-length feature film although he had made numerous shorts beforehand.
A couple living together have a tense relationship. The woman's father dies and she becomes preoccupied with death. She almost drowns in the bath but then recovers her enthusiasm for life.
The film was inspired by a dream Paul Cox had in the early 1970s about being trapped in a coffin, seeing people who he had known all his life.
$16,000 of the budget came through the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council, with the rest from private investment. It was released through Melbourne Co-operatives but never recovered its cost.