Paradise Road
Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a set of English, American, Dutch and Australian women that are imprisoned during World War II in Sumatra. It was led by Bruce Beresford and celebrities Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (according to missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager Imogene Roberts. Basing his film real events,'' Bruce Beresford tells the story of a vocal orchestra generated by the ladies in a Japanese P.O.W. camp, even a basic Australians' tale extolling women's ability to live hardship and atrocity through perseverance, solidarity and creativity.
Released: 1997-02-11
Duration: 122
min