A Hard God (1973)

Directed by

Carl Schultz

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about a working class Australian family in the 1940s. It focuses on their relationships and struggles, especially around faith and personal change.

dramaticemotionalintrospectivefamily-focusedtheatricalgroundedearnestaustralian-culture

What happens

A Hard God is a semi-autobiographical play by Peter Kenna. The initial production starred Gloria Dawn, a vaudeville star who had been persuaded to appear in a "straight" role in Kenna's The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day. The play was very popular and has come to be regarded as an Australian classic. It was published by Currency Press in 1974. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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