Siam Sunset is a 1999 Australian comedy film directed by John Polson and starring Linus Roache and Danielle Cormack.
Plot Perry (Linus Roache) is an English chemist working for a paint company and is depressed after losing his wife in a freak accident. As he tries to invent the new colour Siam Sunset, he wins a prize, takes leave, and travels to Australia. Grace (Danielle Cormack), on the same tour bus, also has a troubled life. When they meet, the two begin a romance.Siam Sunset at Turner Classic Movies
Cast Linus Roache as Perry Danielle Cormack as Grace Victoria Hill as Maree Peter Hosking Ian Bliss as Martin Roy Billing as Bill Leach Deidre Rubenstein as Celia Droon Victoria Eagger as Rowena Wentworth
Release Siam Sunset premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It grossed $878,819 at the box office in Australia."Australian Films at the Australian Box Office at Film Victoria
Reception Rotten Tomatoes reports that 67% of nine surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.1/10.Siam Sunset at Rotten Tomatoes David Stratton of Variety wrote that the film's concept is unoriginal, but it is a "merrily entertaining, frequently funny and occasionally violent" film that improves on the formula used by recent films.
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External links
Siam Sunset' at Oz Movies