Exile
The Paul Cox Collection
Director
Paul Cox
Screenplay by
Paul Cox
Cast
Aden Young
Beth Champion
Claudia Karvan
"An ambitious, sometimes hallucinatory drama…it exerts a spell" – Variety.
An adaptation of 'Priest Island' by E.L. Grant Watson. A man is exiled to a lonely island after he is caught stealing sheep to pay the dowry for his beloved. He is sentenced to spend his life on an uninhabited island with only a few simple tools. Mary (Beth Champion), a maid, intrigued by the story and the man, decides to join him there.
WINNER: AFI Award for Best Cinematography
NOMINEE: Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Australia | English | 1994 | 95 mins