Bordertown (1995)

Cate Blanchett as: Bianca

Directors: Ken Cameron and Ian Gilmour
Selected Cast: Mitchell Butel, Linda Cropper, Melita Jurisic, Hugo Weaving, Christine Tremarco
Written by: John Alsop and Sue Smith
Release Year: 1995
Genre: Drama

 

 

 

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To the outside, Baringa appears bleak and remote: a converted army barracks in a dusty, isolated region of Australia, miles from the sea. It is hardly the place you would pick to start a new life, but for its inhabitants, it’s where their dreams begin (and sometimes crumble). Cate Blanchett guest stars in this touching series set within a fictional migrant camp in post-war Australia. Bordertown is a moving (and often comic) look at the lives, hopes and memories of one transient group of dreamers.

The rough Australian landscape and lack of luxuries cannot deter the temporary inhabitants of Baringa. They flock there from Italy, the Netherlands, England and beyond to gain a foothold on a new existence. Among their number are craftsmen, tormented lovers, rigid military types and drifters with a criminal past. Their languages and goals may differ, but this diverse population is united in their hopes of a fresh start, a break that will finally change their luck.

In the engrossing tales of love, death, money and life among these starry-eyed immigrants, you too will experience the magic and mystery of Bordertown.

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Trivia & Facts

  • Cate Blanchett was only in episodes 6 to 8.
  • The series premiered in Australia on 4 October 1995.
  • The series is known as ‘Burned Bridges’ in other countries.
  • Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving have worked together in TV series, film, and theatre: Bordertown (1995); The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003), Little Fish (2005), The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014); Hedda Gabler (2004-06), Uncle Vanya (2010-12).
  • When Cate Blanchett did a screen test for Oscar and Lucinda (1997) she had bleached hair and eyebrows and no make-up as she was working on this series at that time.