Winter of Our Dreams

Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in six other categories also.^[2] It was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where Judy Davis won the award for Best Actress.^[3]

Winter of Our Dreams
DVD cover
Directed by	John Duigan
Written by	John Duigan
Produced by	Richard Mason
Starring	Judy Davis Bryan Brown Baz Luhrmann
Cinematography	Tom Cowan
Edited by	Henry Dangar
Music by	Sharon Calcraft
Release date	31 July 1981 (1981-07-31)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU$320,000[1]
Box office	$959,000 (Australia)

Plot

Rob (Bryan Brown), a bookshop owner, hears of the suicide of an old girlfriend Lisa (Margie McCrae). While investigating the case he meets Lou (Judy Davis), a prostitute and old friend of Lisa's.

Cast

• Judy Davis as Lou
• Bryan Brown as Rob
• Cathy Downes as Gretel
• Mercia Deane-Johns as Angela
• Baz Luhrmann as Pete
• Peter Mochrie as Tim
• Mervyn Drake as Mick
• Margie McCrae as Lisa Blaine
• Joy Hruby as Marge
• Kim Deacon as Michelle
• Gia Carides
• Caz Lederman as Jenny
• Jan Adele as Woman

Production

In the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was used in Winter of Our Dreams.^[1]

There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain.^[1]

Box office

Winter of Our Dreams was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia,^[4] which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars.

See also

• Cinema of Australia