Jane Campion's direction is as refined as her screenplay, and she gets the most out of her cast -- especially Abbie Cornish -- in this understated period drama.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jane Campion -
Producer -
Jan Chapman , Caroline Hewitt -
Screenwriter -
Jane Campion -
Distributor -
Apparition -
Production Co -
Pathé Renn Productions , UK Film Council , Hopscotch Productions , New South Wales Film & Television Office , Jan Chapman Pictures , Australian Film Finance Corporation , BBC Films , Screen Australia -
Rating -
PG (Incidental Smoking|Brief Language|Some Sensuality|Thematic Elements) -
Genre -
Drama , Romance -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 16, 2009, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 16, 2012 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$4.4M -
Runtime -
1h 59m
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