Radiance

1998
1h 23m

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Three sisters, Cressy, Mae, and Nona, reunite for their mother's funeral after years apart. Cressy is a diva, Mae cares for her, and Nona wants them to be a happy family.Three sisters, Cressy, Mae, and Nona, reunite for their mother's funeral after years apart. Cressy is a diva, Mae cares for her, and Nona wants them to be a happy family.Three sisters, Cressy, Mae, and Nona, reunite for their mother's funeral after years apart. Cressy is a diva, Mae cares for her, and Nona wants them to be a happy family.

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6.7/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

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Trivia
Debut film and television credit and debut theatrical feature film of indigenous Australian Aboriginal actresses Deborah Mailman and Trisha Morton-Thomas.

Goofs
When the women go to Harry's house, the shadows and light change between shots e.g. the car is parked in full sunshine on arrival but is in shadow when they leave after just a few minutes.

Connections
Featured in The Making of Radiance (1998)

Soundtracks
Madame Butterfly
Music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Performed by Miriam Gauci, Yordy Ramiro, Georg Tichy, Nelly Boschkowa, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus and The Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony (as Czecho-Slovak RSO)

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10/10

Fantastic Movie

Tells the story of three estranged Indigenous sisters who reunite to grieve at their mother's funeral in Northern Australia.

Bringing different backgrounds together, the sisters experience trying to understand their differences, tears for each other, celebrating their lives, prejudices faced in the world, adventure and unveiling family secrets.

Eldest sister Cressy, an opera singer, doesn't particularly want to be there for certain reasons; middle sister, Mae, feels she has done enough and is bitter about life; and the youngest sister, Nona, is the free spirit who wants to have fun.

Fine story and Nona is a delight to watch on screen. Actor Deborah Mailman won the 1998 Australian Film Industry (AFI) Award for Best Actress for Radiance, with the film also being nominated for Best Film, Best Achievement in Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Music Score and Best Production Design.

Good movie to watch with your sisters.