Malpractice (film)
Encyclopedia
Malpractice is a 1989
Australian
drama film
directed by Bill Bennett
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
.
1989 in film
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Australian
Cinema of Australia
Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Bill Bennett
Bill Bennett (director)
Bill Bennett is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.-Biography:He has directed 16 films since 1983. His film Backlash was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later his film Malpractice would be screened in the same section at...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...
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Cast
- Caz Lederman - Coral Davis
- Bob BainesBob Baines (actor)Bob Baines born 1952 is an Australian actor. Recently he has joined Australian soap opera Home and Away, as Summer Bay High Principal, Martin Bartlett. He has a three year contract with the show...
- Doug Davis - Ian GilmourIan Gilmour (actor)Ian Gilmour is a New Zealand-born actor.He has acted in several Australian television series, most notably as Kevin Burns in Prisoner in 1980...
- Dr. Frank Harrison - Pat ThomsonPat ThomsonPatricia "Pat" Elizabeth Thomson, 7 September 1940 - 18 April 1992), was an Australian television and film actor.She was best known for her role as Shirley Hastings, the over-zealous, pretentious mother of Scott Hastings in the film Strictly Ballroom, written and directed by Baz LuhrmannThomson...
- Sister Margaret Beattie - Charles Little - Dr. Tom Cotterslow
- Dorothy AlisonDorothy AlisonDorothy Alison was an Australian stage, film and television actress.She was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Sydney Girls High School. She moved to London, England in 1949 to further her career...
- Maureen Davis - Janet Stanley - Sister Diane Shaw