The Last Days of Chez Nous
Screening on Film
Directed by Gilliam Armstrong.
With Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox.
Australia, 1992, 35mm, color, 93 min.
With Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox.
Australia, 1992, 35mm, color, 93 min.
Beth (Harrow), a middle-aged writer, struggles with her slowly crumbling marriage to JP (Ganz) and her unresolved relationship with her father (Bill Hunter). When she and JP decide to take a boarder in their home and Beth's sister arrives for an extended visit, the quiet emotional strife in their lives is forced to the surface. Although generally regarded as a feminist filmmaker, director Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career) proves adept at portraying all sides of this honest family drama.
