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1986 film
Two Friends
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Written by
| Helen Garner
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Directed by
| Jane Campion
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Starring
| Kris Bidenko
Emma Coles
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Theme music composer
| Martin Armiger
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Country of origin
| Australia
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Original language
| English
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Producer
| Jan Chapman
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Cinematography
| Julian Penney
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Editor
| Bill Russo
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Running time
| 76 minutes
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Release
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Two Friends
(stylized as
2 Friends
) is a 1986 Australian television
drama film
directed by
Jane Campion
. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
section at the
1986 Cannes Film Festival
.
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[2]
The film is Campion’s first feature as a director.
Plot
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The film begins in the present and works backward in time to show how Louise and Kelly, once inseparable best friends, grew apart over the course of a year. Louise is a studious high school student and has a typical love-hate relationship with her divorced mother. Kelly, who has bleached hair and identifies with the
punk
style, lives with friends at the beach and experiments with drugs and casual relationships. The film progressively shows the subtle changes that set the two girls on different paths.
Cast
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- Kris Bidenko as Kelly
- Emma Coles as Louise
- Kris McQuade
as Janet, Louise's mother
- Peter Hehir
as Malcolm
- Kerry Dwyer as Alison
- Stephen Leeder as Jim
- Debra May as Chris, Kelly's mother
- John Sheerin
as Dead Girl's Father
- Sean Travers as Matthew
- Emily Stocker as Soula
- Lynne Murphy as School Principal
- Giovanni Marangoni as Renato
- Benny Ulizzi as Sam
- Rory Delaney as Wally
- Tony Barry
as Charlie
- Steve Bisley
as Kevin
Release
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The film was selected to screen in the
Un Certain Regard
section at the
1986 Cannes Film Festival
.
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It later aired as a
telefilm
on Australian TV on 26 September 1986.
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The film was also given a two-week limited theatrical run in
New York
on 24 April 1996.
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Reception
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The film was positively reviewed and has a rating of 100% based on eight reviews on website
Rotten Tomatoes
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Writing of the 1996 US theatrical release, critic Alison Macor of
The Austin Chronicle
wrote
Two Friends
is “a spare film with complex and subtly developed relationships…[and] features nuanced performances that suggest the more developed characterizations that resound so effectively in Campion's acclaimed later films
Angel at My Table
and
The Piano
.”
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In a retrospective essay for
Senses of Cinema
, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster wrote, “What makes the film so remarkable is the depth of feeling that inhabits the work. Campion doesn’t miss the smallest detail, from telephone calls that go on too long; to bullying by students at school; to other, minor characters whose fates we will ever know; parents who have no idea who their child really is.”
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Accolades
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The film won three
1987 AACTA Awards
including "Best Telefeature" category for producer
Jan Chapman
, "Best Achievement in direction in a telefeature" for
Jane Campion
, and "Best Screenplay in a Telefeature" for
Helen Garner
.
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Emma Coles and
Kris McQuade
were both nominated in the category of "Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature.”
[3]
References
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External links
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Films directed
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Short films
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Best Mini Series
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Best Telefeature
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Best Telefeature,
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Best Telefeature or
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