Desperate Remedies (1993) — Top Movie Database

Production companies : James Wallace Productions / New Zealand Film Commission / NZ on Air / Avalon/NFU Studios /

November 26, 1993 1h 33m New Zealand Drama More

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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?

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title：Desperate Remedies
status：Released
Release date： 1993
Runtime：1h 33m
Genres： Drama ·
Countries of origin： New Zealand ·
Original Language：
Director： Peter Wells / Stewart Main /
Writers： Peter Wells · Stewart Main ·
Production companies： James Wallace Productions · New Zealand Film Commission · NZ on Air · Avalon/NFU Studios ·
Overview：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?