Apr 3rd
Age of Consent*
Australia 1968. Columbia/Nautilus. 103m.

A reclusive artist on the Great Barrier Reef finds his ideal model in a precocious teenage girl who is coming of age.
Leisurely Pygmalion-style drama with occasional touches of visual imagination and lewdness from a director sitting back on previous triumphs.

Written by: Peter Yeldham, from the novel by Norman Lindsay.
Producers: James Mason, Michael Powell.
Director: Michael Powell.
Starring: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr-Glyn, Andonia Katsaros, Slim de Grey, Frank Thring.
Photography: Hannes Staudinger, Ron Taylor.
Music: Peter Sculthorpe.