Lust and Revenge
28/05/1996
This caustic Australian comedy meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It is also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George Oliphant is on a mission to find a sculptor suitable of her father's sponsorship. Normally, George doesn't give a hoot about art, but tax time approaches and he needs a big deduction. Since large bronze statues are 100% deductible, that's what he wants. Georgina comes through with the lesbian sculptor Lily Carmichael who suggests a detailed male nude, sans fig leaf. For her model, Lily chooses unemployed hunk Karl-Heinz Applebaum who at first doesn't realize he is to model totally nude. Fortunately, coquettish Georgina is around to convince him to shed those clothes.
Movie Information
Nicholas Hope
as Karl-Heinz Applebaum
Małgorzata Dobrowolska
as Cecilia Applebaum
Claudia Karvan
as Georgina Oliphant
Victoria Eagger
as Lily Carmichael
Chris Haywood
as George Oliphant
John Hargreaves
as Gallery Sleaze
Norman Kaye
as Baba Charles
Ullie Birvé
as Anna
Robert Menzies
as Psychiatrist
Bryan Dawe
as Gallery Director
Max Gillies
as Art Critic
Wendy Hughes
as George's Advisor
Pamela Rabe
as Obnoxious Woman
Paul Cox
as New Age Customer
Eva Hamburg
as Claudia
Henry Salter
as Ian
Roger Newcombe
as Geoffrey
Nino Gaetano Martinetti
as Gallery Attendant
