Drama · New Zealand · 1993 · 1h 33m

Desperate Remedies

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Director
Stewart MainPeter Wells
Cast
Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Dorothea Brook Kevin Smith as Lawrence Hayes Lisa Chappell as Anne Cooper Cliff Curtis as Fraser Michael Hurst as Willam Poyser Helen Steemson as Gnits
Crew
Leon Narbey — Director of Photography David Coulson — Editor Peter Scholes — Original Music Composer Stewart Main — Writer Peter Wells — Writer James Wallace — Producer
Tagline

Colonial romancing and complicating...

Synopsis

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

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Mood & Themes
new zealandperiod dramabritish colonial
Key Collaborators
Stewart Main Director Peter Wells Director Leon Narbey Director of Photography David Coulson Editor Peter Scholes Original Music Composer Stewart Main Writer Peter Wells Writer James Wallace Producer Michael Kane Production Design Glenis Foster Costume Design
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