A Woman's Tale

A Woman's Tale
A Woman's Tale
Directed by	Paul Cox
Written by	Paul Cox; Barry Dickins
Produced by	William T. Marshall (executive); Paul Cox; Santhana K. Naidu
Starring	Sheila Florance; Gosia Dobrowolska; Norman Kaye; Chris Haywood; Max Gillies; Ernie Gray
Cinematography	Nino Gaetanno Martinetti
Edited by	Russell Hurley
Music by	Paul Grabowsky
Distributed by	Orion Classics
Release date	18 December 1991 (Toronto Festival of Festivals);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	A$49,584 (Australia); $405,137 (US)

A Woman's Tale is a 1991 Australian film directed by Paul Cox and starring Sheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies and Ernie Gray.

Premise

Martha (Florance) is an elderly woman living alone in her flat and dying of cancer. Her love of life leads to an ambivalence about her age; her unique moral code leads to her playing cupid for her friend and nurse Anna (Dobrowolska) and Anna's married lover (Gray); her worrisome son (Haywood) wants her to move into a home; her neighbour Billy (Kaye) has dementia.

Production

Florance herself was dying of cancer as the film was being shot. She died, aged 75, nine days after being awarded the 1991 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.^[1]

Box office

A Woman's Tale grossed $49,584 at the box office in Australia.^[2] The film grossed $405,137 in the United States.^[3]

Reception

Roger Ebert added A Woman's Tale to his Great Movies list in 2004.^[4]

In 1992, the film won the Grand Prix for Best Film at Film Fest Gent.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Juddery, Mark (9 December 2009). "Actors face drama of AFI curse". The Australian. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
^ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ IMDb.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011
^ Ebert, Roger (1992). "Death as a character study (November 7, 2004 republication)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

External links

A Woman's Tale at IMDb
A Woman's Tale at AllMovie
A Woman's Tale at the Australian screen
A Woman's Tale at Oz Movies

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[1] Juddery, Mark (9 December 2009). "Actors face drama of AFI curse". The Australian. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

[2] "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[3] IMDb.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011

[2004-11-07-REbertCOM-4] Ebert, Roger (1992). "Death as a character study (November 7, 2004 republication)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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