Golden Braid
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{{Infobox film
| name = Golden Braid
| image =
| caption =
| director = Paul Cox
| producer =
| writer = Paul Cox
Barry Dickins
| based_on = story La Chevelure by Guy de Maupassant
| starring = Chris Haywood
Gosia Dobrowolska
Paul Chubb
Jo Kennedy
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = Film Victoria
Australian Film Commission
Illumination Films
| distributor = Beyond
| released = {{Film date|1991|02}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
| budget = A$900,000David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p129-130
| gross =
}}
Golden Braid is a 1991 Australian film directed by Paul Cox, who later called it "quite a funny film, but very few people get it."[https://archive.today/20121209070803/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Paul+Cox&bl "Interview with Paul Cox", Signet, 13 January 2001]. Retrieved 18 November 2012{{cite news|title=Locked by a golden obssession|newspaper=The Age Entertainment Guide|date=1 March 1991|page=4}}
It was entirely funded by the Australian Film Commission.
Premise
Bernard is a clockmaker who is having an affair with Terese, a Salvation Army worker married to Joseph. He finds a golden braid in an 18th century cabinet and becomes obssessed with it.
Cast
- Chris Haywood as Bernard
- Gosia Dobrowolska as Terese
- Paul Chubb as Joseph
- Jo Kennedy as Diana
- Harold Baigent as Clockmaker
- Sheila Florance as Lady with Clock
- Mark Little as Punk
- Norman Kaye as Psychiatrist
Awards
The film received five nominations at the 1990 AFI Awards: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0099678}}
- [http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/golden-braid Golden Braid] at Oz Movies
- [https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/golden-braid-1991/744/ Golden Braid] at Screen Australia
- [https://letterboxd.com/film/golden-braid/ Golden Braid] at Letterbox DVD
- [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:1L4GurMs1GYJ:www.cinematheque.fr/expositions-virtuelles/bruneblonde/pdf/Chevelure_en.pdf+la+chevelure+de+guy+de+maupassant&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj0Ec_4BeJ9wWgVVH5J5LOwJKkQAZPMZxfVyVgPLBTfPrZNdINXSU0V1L1Vi91hAnTzzceMTIvATVEnfjmMwNSdiF9CCxxAh_OZqevJ1lZd6wp2g_EgYpU2H8GCv1dkfbmwXhbl&sig=AHIEtbSzv70fWk9R_H5Rz-dlmwerG7iZeA Copy of short story]
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Category:Australian fantasy films
Category:Films based on works by Guy de Maupassant
Category:Films directed by Paul Cox
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:Australian comedy-drama films
Category:1990s Australian films
Category:Films based on French short stories
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