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| Director: | Chris McGill | 
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| Writer: | Bob Ellis, Anne Brooksbank | 
| Staring: | 
| Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 19, 1981 | 
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| Director: | Chris McGill | 
| Writer: | Bob Ellis, Anne Brooksbank | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | sydney, australia, loneliness, university, government minister, unmarried woman, turning thirty, canberra | 
| Production Companies | Cherrywood FIlm Productions, New South Wales Film Corporation | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Judy Morris | Fran | 
| Bill Hunter | Stephen | 
| Michael Preston | Paddy | 
| Jill Perryman | Fran’s Mother | 
| Ken Shorter | Alan | 
| Michele Fawdon | Margo | 
| Leonard Teale | Minister | 
| Jude Kuring | Meredith | 
| Rod Mullinar | Jack | 
| Chris Haywood | Salesman | 
| Lyndall Barbour | Miss Bates | 
| Lorna Lesley | Suzy Williams | 
| Celia De Burgh | Paddy's Girl | 
| Gillian Hyde | Miss Peterson | 
| John Clayton | Estate Agent | 
| Lyn Collingwood | Myrtle | 
| Willie Fennell | Mr Todd | 
| Tim Burns | Student #1 | 
| Tessa Mallos | Sarah | 
| Madeleine Blackwell | Bronwyn | 
| Les Foxcroft | MP #2 | 
| Ray Marshall | MP #3 | 
| Simon Burvill-Holmes | Daryl | 
| Hugo Weaving | Student #2 | 
| Charlotte Calder | Chemist Shop Girl | 
| Fiona Heylen | Exam Girl | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Wayne LeClos | Editor | 
| Elizabeth Knight | First Assistant Director | 
| Lloyd Carrick | Sound Recordist | 
| Bruce Smeaton | Music | 
| Steve E. Andrews | Second Assistant Director | 
| Sue Milliken | Production Manager | 
| Ken Sallows | Assistant Editor | 
| Chris McGill | Director | 
| Anna Senior | Costume Designer | 
| Christopher Webster | Production Design | 
| Roger Cowland | Visual Effects | 
| Deryck De Niese | Makeup Designer | 
| Ralph Storey | Location Manager | 
| Liz Michie | Hairstylist | 
| Adrienne Read | Continuity | 
| Bob Ellis | Writer | 
| Anne Brooksbank | Writer | 
| Russell Boyd | Director of Photography | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Brian Kavanagh | Producer | 
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