Hunger (1986 film)
Hunger is a 1986 Australian TV film about a Romanian refugee who settles in Australia.[1]
| Hunger | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stephen Wallace |
| Produced by | Jan Chapman |
| Written by | Louis Nowra |
| Starring | Brendan Higgins Melita Jurisic |
| Music by | Nathan Waks |
Production company | ABC |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 10 October 1986 |
Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Production
Nowra wrote the film for Jan Chapman following their successful collaboration on Displaced Persons. He says the subject matter was close to Chapman's heart, and the producer thought it would make a romantic story. However the more research Nowra did, the less romantic he felt the story was and he had a deal of trouble writing it as a love story. He felt swamped with the research and did not like the real life men on whom the story was based. Nowra was not satisfied with the final script, although he said the director did the best he could. Nowra also plays a support role.[2]
References
- Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p83
- Interview with Louis Nowra at Lumina accessed 11 March 2014
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