Mail Order Bride (1984 film)
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Charito Ortez
| Mail Order Bride | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stephen Wallace |
| Written by | Robyn Davidson |
| Produced by | Michael Carson |
| Starring | Ray Meagher Charito Ortez |
| Cinematography | Julian Penney |
| Edited by | William Russo |
| Music by | Ralph Schneider |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Mail Order Bride is a 1984 Australian television film about a builder who imports a Filipino bride.[1] It was the sixth in a collection of six films in the series Sunday Australian Movies.[2]
After an exchange of letters, a Filipino woman known as “Ampy” (Charito Ortez) marries Kevin (Ray Meagher), a builder living in a caravan park in a small town in far-western New South Wales. They struggle to adjust to life together as religious and cultural differences, combined with the inherent violence, alcohol abuse and racism of the isolated community, threaten to destroy any chance of their marriage succeeding. It isn’t until Kevin’s ‘best mate’ Tommo (Paul Sonkkila) bashes and rapes Ampy that Kevin eventually finds the courage to turn his back on his old life and move away to start over with Ampy in a new town.
Cast
- Ray Meagher as Kevin
- Sheila Kennelly as Dorothy
- Charito Ortez as Ampy
- Paul Sonkkila as Tommo
- Robert Noble as Donnie
- Lorrie Cruickshank as Ruth
- Bill Conn as John
- Justine Saunders as Iris
- Frank McNamara as Priest
- Brian Anderson as Mayor
- Bob Barrett as Keith
- Geoffrey Brown as First Cop (as Jeffrey Brown)
- Peter Calrow as Publican (as Peter Galrow)
- Paul Gillett as First Man
- Lillian Crombie as Aboriginal Woman
- Lily Shearer as Woman in Pub
