Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection

Lonely Hearts film poster - Peter (Norman Kaye) and Patricia (Wendy Hughes)

Lonely Hearts (1982)

A new 35mm print of this feature and trailer are now available on request. Courtesy of Phillip Adams and Kodak (Australasia) and Atlab Australia

National Film and Sound Archive National Collection
Title Number 49299.

Classification: M rating

Synopsis

A suburban love story that charts the romance between Patricia (Wendy Hughes), a 30-year-old dowdy and sexually repressed clerk, who meets through a dating agency, Peter (Norman Kaye), a 55 year old piano tuner. The film examines this awkward love affair with humour and tenderness as their affection for each other deepens while they cope with the difficulties and disruptions from their overbearing family members.

Background

The film won Best Film at the 1982 Australian Film Institute Awards.

Director
Paul Cox

Year of Production 1981
Duration 95 minutes
Format 35mm, (1:1,85) Colour
Optical Soundtrack Mono

Production Company
Adams Packer Film Productions

Producer
John B. Murray

Screenplay
Paul Cox, John Clarke

Director of Photography
Yuri Sokol

Production Design
Neil Angwin

Editor
Tim Lewis

Sound Recordist
Ken Hammond

Music
Arranged and performed by Norman Kaye

Cast
Wendy Hughes (Patricia)
Norman Kaye (Peter)
Jon Finalyson (George)
Julia Blake (Pamela)