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- In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.
- Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.
- After suffering racist abuse throughout his life - which intensifies following his marriage to a white woman - a half-Aboriginal farmhand finds himself driven to murder.
- Dorothy is a 16-year-old groupie riding with an up-and-coming rock band when, suddenly, their van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in an alternate reality that's as gritty and realistic as the one she came from, and learns that she killed a young thug with the van. A gay clothier called the Glynn the Good Fairy gives her a pair of red shoes as a reward to help her see the last concert of the Wizard, an androgynous rock singer, in the city (Melbourne) that evening. She is pursed by the thug's brother who attempts to rape her on several occasions. During her journey, she becomes the traveling companion of a dumb surfer, a heartless mechanic, and a tough biker.
- A twisted tale of love, blackmail and murder set against the emotional world of surrogacy, Glass Babies explores the scientific breakthrough of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to not only provide a baby to a loving mother, but as a means to fulfill a family legacy. Desperate to provide an heir to the family fortune and unable to conceive naturally, Sally (Belinda Davey) and Michael Craig (Andrew Sharp) are at their wits' end. Concerned about securing a dynasty to carry on his empire, millionaire wine-maker John Craig (George Mikkel) dispatches his lawyer Brendan Keller (Garry Day) to arrange IVF treatment for Sally and Michael as well as a possible surrogate mother. Dr. Ruth McCrae (Gold Logie winner Rowena Wallace) brings the Craig family dreams closer to reality, also treating Joan Simpson (Deborra-Lee Furness) who, for a sum of money, agrees to act as a surrogate for the family. However, when an unexpected turn of events leads to tragedy, opportunities are wide open for deception and blackmail forcing Joan to weigh up the true value of her baby's love.
- Tony and Frank return to Australia from Vietnam, and find it difficult to fit back into society. Frank's wounds make a return to normal life very difficult, while Tony's attempts to restart a relationship with Esse, his childhood sweetheart, are fraught with challenges as she is part of the anti-war movement. Both Tony and Frank find it impossible to fit back in, with Tony having a breakdown and Frank not fitting back into married life.
- Tony's whereabouts are unknown to his family. He is in Thailand, making money by demanding money from Vietnamese boat people to assist them. On one of the boats, he runs into an old flame from Vietnam and rekindles a relationship with her. Esse has become a television personality, interviewing celebrities and local identities and living with a lawyer. She hears about PTSD which brings to mind Tony's behavior before he left. Esse becomes more interested in PTSD, deciding to write a book about it, causing her relationship to break up. In the course of her research, she discovers where Tony is now living and goes to find him ...
- Living in Northern Italy and still recovering from his failed marriage when war in Europe becomes a certainty, Guy Crouchback hurries home to England. Despite his father's suggestion that a desk job might be more fitting for a man his age, Guy joins an elite fighting force, the Royal Corps of Halberdiers.