Force of Destiny
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| Directed by | Paul Cox |
| Written by | Paul Cox |
| Produced by | Mark Patterson Maggie Miles Baby Mathew Somatheeram. |
| Starring | David Wenham Shahana Goswami |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Force of Destiny is a 2015 Australian film written and directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's last feature. It starred David Wenham.[1]
The film was based on Cox's liver transplant.[2][3][4]
Premise
[edit | edit source]A sculptor, Robert, who lives and works by himself outside Melbourne discovers he has terminal liver cancer. He shuts down emotionally until he meets a marine biologist, Maya.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- David Wenham as Robert
- Hannah Fredericksen as Poppy
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Hannah
- Shahana Goswami as Maya
- Mohan Agashe as Maya's Uncle
- Kym Gyngell as Dr. James
- Terry Norris as Derek
- Seema Biswas as Maya's Aunt
Reception
[edit | edit source]The film screened at the Melbourne Internationa Film Festival.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote the film "constitutes a series of scenes repeated with variation in pitch: Robert in hospital, Robert fretted over by his wife and daughter, then soothed by the devotion of Maya. The character of Maya is solicitous, unquestioning, mysterious but earthy: a flattened version of a real woman... the Indian sections in Force of Destiny — in which Maya returns to India to be by the bedside of her uncle (Mohan Agashe), also stricken by cancer — feel organic only to the film’s financing."[5]
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External links
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- Trailer
- Official website
- Force of Destiny at Letterbox DVD
- Force of Destiny at Screen Australia