The Well
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Samantha Lang
Miranda Otto
Pamela Rabe
Paul Chubb
Frank Wilson
Steve Jacobs
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Hester is a repressed spinster who lives with her father in a listless, outback mansion. Free-spirited Katherine is her housekeeper and the only spark of life in Hester's heart. When Hester's father dies, she sells the house along with everything in it, buys a Toyota pickup truck and a cottage and settles in with Katherine. Just as they begin to fantasize about a trip to Europe together, Katherine runs over something with the truck. Once they find that it's a dead body under their wheels, the two begin a slow dissension into paranoia and madness as each of try to forget that they have killed a man and have thrown his body down their backyard well.
Director
Samantha Lang
Cast
Miranda Otto
Pamela Rabe
Paul Chubb
Frank Wilson
Steve Jacobs
Genevifve Lemon
Kati Edwards
Luke Harrison
Daniel Harrison
Miles Shanahan
Steve Jacobs
Crew
Maureen Barron
Ann Marie Beauchamp
Anna Borghesi
Dany Cooper
Noel Ferrier
Elizabeth Jolley
Laura Jones
Stephen Jones
Sandra Levy
Tracy Mair
Bronwyn Murphy
Michael Philips
Stephen Rae
Ann Robinson
Errol Sullivan
P.j. Voeten
Mandy Walker
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the Golden Camera and Golden Palm prizes at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Nominated for 11 Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Film, Direction, Screenplay, Actress (Otto, Rabe), cinematography, editing, sound, and costume design.
Released in United States Spring May 19, 2000
Released in United States on Video August 15, 2001
Released in United States August 1997
Released in United States September 1997
Released in United States December 1997
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States January 1998
Released in United States March 1998
Released in United States April 1998
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 10-24, 1997.
Shown at Athens International Film Festival September 19-25, 1997.
Shown at Women's Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland December 12-14, 1997.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 21 - June 14, 1998.
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 1998.
Shown at New York Women's Film Festival April 22-26, 1998.
Feature directorial debut for Samantha Lang.
Began shooting November 1, 1996.
Released in United States Spring May 19, 2000
Released in United States on Video August 15, 2001
Released in United States August 1997 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 10-24, 1997.)
Released in United States September 1997 (Shown at Athens International Film Festival September 19-25, 1997.)
Released in United States December 1997 (Shown at Women's Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland December 12-14, 1997.)
Completed shooting winter 1996.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 21 - June 14, 1998.)
Released in United States January 1998 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 15-25, 1998.)
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 1998.)
Released in United States April 1998 (Shown at New York Women's Film Festival April 22-26, 1998.)
