noni hazlehurst tour de force performance ( which win her an afi award ) be at least on par with her effort in fran three year later . colin friels be also good and and and for those who be interested and alice garner appear a noni child and and michael caton ( best know for the castle ) be a bearded painter . ( also interestingly and hazlehurst be currently the host of lifestyle program well home and garden and and caton be the host of property type program include hot property and hot auction and etc . ) this film reaffirm the popularly held belief that noni be arguably australia top female actor during the early to mid 1980s . rating represent 7 positive 0 .