Illuminations (film)
1976 Australian film
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Illuminations is a 1976 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's first full-length feature film although he had made numerous shorts beforehand.
Plot
A couple living together have a tense relationship. The woman's father dies and she becomes preoccupied with death. She almost drowns in the bath but then recovers her enthusiasm for life.
Cast
- Gabriella Trsek as Gabi
- Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Tony
- Norman Kaye as Gabi's father
- Sheila Florance[2]
- Athol Shmith
- Tibor Markus
- Robert Trauer
- Elke Neidhardt
- Fabian Muir
- Alena Leiss
- Christopher Stewart
- Dora Stubenrauch
- Ilona Enten
- John Williams
Production
The film was inspired by a dream Paul Cox had in the early 1970s about being trapped in a coffin, seeing people who he had known all his life.[3]
$16,000 of the budget came through the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council, with the rest from private investment. It was released through Melbourne Co-operatives but never recovered its cost.[1][4]
