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Desperate Remedies movie storyline. In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain’s empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him.
Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?
Desperate Remedies is a 1993 New Zealand drama film directed by Stewart Main and Peter Wells. Starring are Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst, Bridget Armstrong, Helen Steemson, Kate Bartlett, Ann Coc-Kroft and Maya Dalziel. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Desperate Remedies (1993)
Directed by: Stewart Main, Peter Wells
Starring: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst, Bridget Armstrong, Helen Steemson, Kate Bartlett, Ann Coc-Kroft, Maya Dalziel
Screenplay by: Stewart Main, Peter Wells
Production Design by: Michael Kane
Cinematography by: Leon Narbey
Film Editing by: David Coulson
Costume Design by: Glenis Foster
Art Direction by: Shayne Radford
Music by: Peter Scholes
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: November 26, 1993
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