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Beautiful Kate is a film of genre Drama directed by Rachel Ward released in USA on 8 january 2010 with Rachel Griffiths
Beautiful Kate (2009)
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Add to a movie listBeautiful Kate is a 2009 Australian drama film directed by Rachel Ward and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Maeve Dermody and Sophie Lowe. Ward adapted the script from a 1982 novel of the same name by Newton Thornburg; this was the first novel by Thornburg used for a movie since Cutter's Way (1981). The film was shot on location in the Flinders Ranges.
The film premiered in June 2009 at the Sydney Film Festival and was released in limited release across Australia on 6 August 2009.
Synopsis
A writer, Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn), is returning to the remote and isolated family home inhabited by his sister Sally (Rachel Griffiths), to say goodbye to his father, Bruce (Bryan Brown), who is dying. Ned also brings his fiancee, Toni (Maeve Dermody), who has trouble getting used to the isolation and harshness of rural Australia.Actors
Rachel Griffiths
(Sally Kendall)
Bryan Brown
(Bruce Kendall)
Sophie Lowe
(Kate Kendall)
Maeve Dermody
(Toni)
Ben Mendelsohn
(Ned Kendall)
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