Offspring (1996 film)

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| name = Offspring

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| director = Richard Ryan

| producer = Phillip Emanuel
executive
David Hannay

| writer = Richard Ryan

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| starring = Chantal Contouri
Robert Mammone
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick

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| studio = Phillip Emanuel Productions

| released = {{Film date|1996}}

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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Offspring is an Australian thriller about Rosa Cassini, a woman (Chantal Contouri) who becomes obsessed with her daughter Maria (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick) and her daughter's newfound love Ben King (Robert Mammone).Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p115 For her part Maria is unwilling to rekindle her relationship with her mother following an abusive past. Rosa however holds other dark secrets and a surprise for Maria and Ben.