Gentle Strangers
1972 Australian film
Gentle Strangers is a 1972 Australian film directed by Cecil Holmes.
01Plot
A Chinese boy and a Thai girl have a romance when they meet in a seedy boarding house in Sydney. An Indonesian student is posted to a rural research centre while his wife and child cope with life in the city.
02Cast
- Yee Choo Koo as Preeyan
- Clem Chow as Lawrence
- Rick Lay as himself
- Eric Lay as himself
- Yanti Lay as herself
- Jennifer West as Miss Emerson
- Lyn Murphy as Mrs Baker
03Production
Cecil Holmes spent a year researching and writing the film, which was made for Film Australia. It was shot on 16mm with a mostly non professional cast.
04Release
The film was released through non commercial film libraries and screened on commercial television but did not screen in cinemas.
Sources and credits
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