Desperate Remedies

Colonial romancing and complicating...

5.61993Drama

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?

Release1993-11-26

Runtime93 min

StatusReleased

CountriesNew Zealand

Original languageEN

DirectorStewart Main, Peter Wells

WritersPeter Wells, Stewart Main

ProductionJames Wallace Productions, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Avalon/NFU Studios

Votes12

Popularity2

TMDB ID125262