Ralph Fiennes
Oscar Hopkins
1997•2h 12m•Released•EN
Oscar and Lucinda
“They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.”
Overview
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
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The Swinging Light
Movie Details
Release Date
December 31, 1997
Runtime
2h 12m
Rating
6.4 / 10
Votes
80
Budget
$16,000,000
Revenue
$1,897,404
Status
Released
Popularity
2.8
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Cast
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Cate Blanchett
Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh
Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon
Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell
Theophilus
Barnaby Kay
Wardley-Fish
Linda Bassett
Betty Stratton
Geoffrey Rush
Narrator (voice)
Basil Clarke
Elderly Parishoner
Andrea Moor
Miss Shaddock
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