External links
- Mail Order Bride at IMDb
- Mail Order Bride at Oz Movies
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| Mail Order Bride | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stephen Wallace |
| Written by | Robyn Davidson |
| Produced by | Michael Carson |
| Starring | Ray Meagher Sheila Kennelly |
| Cinematography | Julian Penney |
| Edited by | William Russo |
| Music by | Ralph Schneider |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Mail Order Bride is a 1984 Australian television film about a builder who imports a Filipino bride. [1]
After an exchange of letters, a Filipino woman known as “Ampy”(Charito Ortez) arr.Kevin (Ray Meagher), a builder living in a caravan park in a small town in far-western New South Wales. They struggle to adjust to life together as religious and cultural differences, combined with the inherent violence, alcohol abuse and racism of the isolated community, threaten to destroy any chance of their marriage succeeding. It isn’t until Kevin’s ‘best mate’ Tommo (Paul Sonkkila) bashes and rapes Ampy that Kevin eventually finds the courage to turn his back on his old life and move away to start over with Ampy in a new town.
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