Sweet Dreamers is a 1981 Australian film about a filmmaker and his girlfriend.
Tom Cowan has said the film was very autobiographical and met with a great deal of resistance from funding bodies. It was the last dramatic feature film directed by Tom Cowan for a long time.
The film was partly funded by the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission.
, 1h23 Réalisé parTom Cowan GenresDrame ActeursNell Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Jude Kuring, Tim Eliott Note53% In colonial Australia, refined Elizabeth Harrington, daughter of the judge advocate and engaged to Captain McEwan, decides to help female convicts who are living in appalling conditions. The women manage to escape and Elizabeth goes with them. An aboriginal girl, Kameragul, shows them how to survive in the bush but Elizabeth almost dies of malnutrition. A convict, Emily, nurses her back to help.
Antigone arrives in Sydney from Greece to have an arranged marriage with Telis, but is rejected by him as he expected a younger woman. Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathises with Antigone.
, 1h26 Réalisé parEsben Storm ActeursBill Hunter, Richard Moir, Bob Maza Note61% Bill McDonald is a middle aged alcoholic who is sentenced to six weeks in prison for a minor offence. He volunteers for psychiatric treatment and is committed to a hospital for the criminally insane supposedly only for the duration of his prison sentence. However under section 27A of Queensland's Mental Health Act he can be held there until hospital authorities declare him eligible for release.