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Desperate Remedies

Film, 1993

 Desperate Remedies

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 Synopsis

High-camp melodrama from directors Stewart Main and Peter Wells, set in an imaginary 19th-century town called Hope. ‘Draper of distinction' Dorothea Brooks is desperate to save her sister Rose from the clutches of opium, sex and the dastardly Fraser. She begs hunky migrant Lawrence Hayes to marry Rose. Lawrence has his eyes on Dorothea however, and he has competition from malevolent politician Poyser (who has made her an attractive offer), as well as Brooks' sultry lover, Anne Cooper. Sumptuous and ripe, The Piano this definitely ain't!

 Credits

 Stewart Main
 Peter Wells
 James Wallace
 Leon Narbey
 
 

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Included in the Tribute to Kevin Smith Collection.

 

 Background

A Perspective by Richard King | 05.11.2008

This costume drama by Peter Wells and Stewart Main makes it plain from the very first scene that The ...

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Available to purchase from ScreenLine.

 
 

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