Desperate Remedies

Name: Desperate Remedies
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-11-26
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 9.0
Cast: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst

1993·Drama·1h 33m

9.0

★

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?

Directed by Stewart Main and Peter Wells

new zealand

period drama

british colonial

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Cast

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Dorothea Brook

Kevin Smith

Lawrence Hayes

Lisa Chappell

Anne Cooper

Cliff Curtis

Fraser

Michael Hurst

Willam Poyser

Helen Steemson

Gnits

Bridget Armstrong

Mary Anne

Timothy Raby

Mr. Weedle

Geeling Ng

Su Lim

Maya Dalziel

Chorus #4

Bruce Hopkins

Chorus #8

Ian Hughes

Chorus #8

Popular Reviews

1 review

reefersPRO

9.0★ · 03/24/25

Extremly racist subtext but amazing visuals, plot is lackluster and hard to follow and the autonomy of the main saphic leads are consistently violated, but the color language and visuals are potent and carry the story.

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