Oscar and Lucinda
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.
Drama, Romance
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Dalton Films
Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins, Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier, Ciarán Hinds as Reverend Dennis Hasset, Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Stratton, Richard Roxburgh as Mr. Jeffries, Christian Manon as Mr. Tomasetti