Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies

"Colonial romancing and complicating..."

5.3/101h 33m1993
Desperate Remedies

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

James Wallace Productions
New Zealand Film Commission
NZ on Air
Avalon/NFU Studios

Additional Information

Original Title:Desperate Remedies
Original Language:
Status:Released

Cast

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