Love Serenade | |
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Directed by | Shirley Barrett |
Produced by | Jan Chapman |
Written by | Shirley Barrett |
Starring | Miranda Otto |
Cinematography | Mandy Walker |
Edited by | Denise Haratzis |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release date
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20 May 1996 |
Running time
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101 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Love Serenade is a 1996 Australian feature film directed by Shirley Barrett. It is a comedy film which has the tagline: "Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man."
There are not many characters in Love Serenade, which is set in a fictitious, almost-deserted town called Sunray, located on the Murray River. It is a thinly disguised version of Robinvale, Victoria, which was the location of the movie.
We're introduced to a pair of sisters, Dimity (Miranda Otto) and Vicki-Ann (Rebecca Frith), who share a house. Dimity, the shy and insecure sibling, is a waitress at a local Chinese restaurant. Vicki-Ann, the brash one, is a hair stylist. Both are looking for love, although the prospects in Sunray seem bleak, at best. That is, until Ken Sherry (George Shetsov), a thrice divorced Brisbane DJ personality, moves into the house next door.
During the filming of the Silo Scene, Stuntman Collin Dragsbaek died when he fell onto a faulty airbag.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or.
Love Serenade grossed $836,110 at the box office in Australia,.