A Woman's Tale

A Woman's Tale

Infobox Film
name = A Woman's Tale
director = Paul Cox
producer = William T. Marshall (executive), Paul Cox, Santhana K. Naidu
writer = Paul Cox, Barry Dickins
starring = Sheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood, Ernie Gray
music = Paul Grabowsky
cinematography = Nino Gaetanno Martinetti
editing = Russell Hurley
distributor = Orion Classics
released = Canada: December 18 1991 at the Toronto Film Festival
USA: May 1 1992
Australia: unknown
runtime = 93 minutes
country = Australia
language = English
gross = $405,137 US
amg_id = 55099
imdb_id = 0103282

"A Woman's Tale" is a 1991 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. It stars regular Cox actorsFact|date=July 2008 including Sheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood and Ernie Gray.

Martha (Florance) is an elderly woman living alone in her flat and dying of cancer. Her love of life leads to an ambivalence about her age; her unique moral code leads to her playing cupid for her friend and nurse Anna (Dobrowolska) and Anna’s married lover (Gray); her worrisome son (Haywood) wants her to move into a home; her neighbour Billy (Kaye) has dementia.

The film is particularly notable since Florance herself was dying of cancer as the film was being shot. She died aged 75 one week after being awarded the 1991 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.


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