Bliss (1985 film)

Infobox Film
name = Bliss


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caption = VHS cover
director = Ray Lawrence
producer = Anthony Buckley
writer = Peter Carey
Ray Lawrence
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starring = Barry Otto
music = Peter Best
cinematography = Paul Murphy
editing = Wayne LeClos
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released = 1985
runtime = 112 min.
130 min. (Director's cut)
country = Australia
language = English
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amg_id = 1:6061
imdb_id = 0088821

"Bliss" is a 1985 Australian film directed by Ray Lawrence, adapted from the novel by Peter Carey, which stars Barry Otto and Lynette Curran.

Plot Summary

Harry Joy, an advertisement executive, goes through a near-death experience during a heart attack. Upon awakening, he finds himself either in a hellish version of the world he knew, or with his eyes opened to an altogether different view of that world: His wife is unfaithful, his daughter buys hard drugs from his evil son, and his latest client is a carcinogenic polluter. He tries to steer a morally correct path, abandoning most of the trappings of his previous well-to-do life, to the dismay and disruption of everyone around him. Fighting for his sanity, he meets a young country girl who is selling herself to bring money back to her forest commune.

elected cast

*Barry Otto as Harry Joy
*Lynette Curran as Bettina Joy
*Helen Jones (actress) as Honey Barbara
*Miles Buchanan as David Joy
*Gia Carides as Lucy Joy

Awards

The film won the Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards and was nominated for 10 more Awards of the Australian Film Institute in 1985. It was also nominated for the Palme d'Or (Goilden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival in the same year.

External links

*imdb title|id=0088821|title=Bliss
*amg title|id=1:6061|title=Bliss
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=56853;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Bliss at the National Film and Sound Archive]