i saw this film purely by chance . it be show very late and or more correctly very early one morning on television . i have wake up and be have trouble get to sleep and this film come on . it deal with a subject cover many time elsewhere ( it certainly isn not as good a educate rita and despite a couple of additional twist ) and have a very predictable end . despite it very obvious shortcoming i do enjoy the film and this be thanks to the acting of some of it player rather than the story or the piece a a whole . i be a big fan of sam neil and have see him in many different film include represent dead calm while the piano while siren while child of the revolution while event horizon while bicentennial man and the ubiquitous jurassic park . he be very good but he could have play this part with his eye shut . some of the acting be and in my opinion and dreadful rise byrne for example and some of the elusion be rather heavy hand ( all the board woman in empty life all dress totally in white for example ) . however and two actor ( who i hadn not and or do not remember and see before ) impress me a lot sinéad cusackn a france ( frank ) kennedy and and especially matthew newton a her son david . he and in particular and be very convincing and i would like to see a lot more of him .