The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm

2011 · 114 min · EN · NR · 5.4 (23 votes)
Dir. Fred Schepisi · Starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Charlotte Rampling, Alexandra Schepisi, Helen Morse, John Gaden · Music Paul Grabowsky
Drama

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.

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A poignant, slow-burn drama about a fraught family reunion. It's a tense, character-driven exploration of mortality, secrets, and the complicated bonds of family, set against a nostalgic Australian backdrop.

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