Boundaries of the Heart is a 1988 film starring Wendy Hughes.Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p18
It was shot in Coolgardie,Boundaries of the Heart (1988). Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21. near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p117
Plot Shearer Andy (John Hargreaves) returns to Coolgardie, as he's done every year since he was a young shearer. Stella (Wendy Hughes) welcomes Andy warmly but her interest cools as old tensions between them are renewed. A young English schoolteacher finds himself stranded when his car breaks down. Stella helps him recover from sunstroke and seduces him. Andy realises that Stella has used him for years, playing his attentions off against any man who takes her fancy. He decides to sell his horses and truck and leave for Sydney.
Cast
Wendy Hughes as Stella Marsden John Hargreaves as Andy Ford Norman Kaye as Billy Marsden Max Cullen as Blanco White Michael Siberry as Arthur Pearson John Clayton as Sergeant Riley Julie Nihill as June Thompson Vivienne Garrett as Freda
Stella The movie was based on Stella, a 1963 British TV play. It was written by Australian Peter Yeldham and features several Australians in the cast.
Premise Stella, a barmaid, is turning 40 and reflects on her life.
Cast Katherine Blake as Stella Duncan Lamont Reg Lye as Blanco White Joseph O'Conor as Billy Charles Tingwell as Arthur Pearson Wendy Gifford as June Thompson
Production It was inspired by a person in a bar Yeldham saw when seventeen.
The play was well received and screened in a number of countries.
The play was adapted for radio in 1964.Stella at AustLit
Release The film went straight to video, via distributor Filmpac, but the only versions available were cropped in 4:3 format.Boundaries of the Heart (1988). Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
References
External links
Boundaries of the Heart (1988) at Ozmovies