A Town Like Alice
Directed by:
Jack LeeCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthCast:
Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Vincent Ball, Geoffrey Keen, Renee Houston, Peter Madden, Maureen Swanson, Marie Lohr, Jean Anderson, Russell Napier (more)VOD (1)
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Jean Paget, an English woman taken prisoner by the Japanese, is among a group of women and children forced to trek through Malaya during the occupation. During her ordeal she meets captive Australian Joe Harman and there is an instant magnetism between them; as they talk, Jean learns about Joe's hometown of Alice Springs, and his hope of returning there one day. To relieve the suffering of the women and children, Joe steals some chickens from the sadistic Captain Sugaya, but when he is caught Sugaya orders Joe to be executed in front of Jean and the others. (Network)
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The film relies heavily on the fact that it takes place in a time when drama was practically at every turn. Japan decided to occupy Southeast Asia, but we don't follow the events through the eyes of soldiers; instead, we follow ordinary people who find themselves in a situation they didn't expect and can't deal with it in any other way than to submit. It's quite powerful in places.
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