The Place at the coast (Captioned)

In the summer of 1961, Ellie and her father travel to the seaside town of Kilkee for their annual holiday. For a time, the two enjoy their past routines - Ellie, a keen naturalist, observing and recording the native wildlife, her father fishing. However, a tourist development plan is proposed which will change their summer retreat, and Ellie soon learns that she is alone in her opposition to change. Cast includes John Hargreaves, Heather Mitchell, Tushka Bergen.

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Credits

director

George Ogilvie

producer

Hilary Furlong

Duration

01:35:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300687

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q7757326

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Australia, 1987

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