
3 votes
1996
1h 35m
This caustic Australian comedy meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It is also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George Oliphant is on a mission to find a sculptor suitable of her father's sponsorship. Normally, George doesn't give a hoot about art, but tax time approaches and he needs a big deduction. Since large bronze statues are 100% deductible, that's what he wants. Georgina comes through with the lesbian sculptor Lily Carmichael who suggests a detailed male nude, sans fig leaf. For her model, Lily chooses unemployed hunk Karl-Heinz Applebaum who at first doesn't realize he is to model totally nude. Fortunately, coquettish Georgina is around to convince him to shed those clothes.
Directed by Paul Cox

Nicholas Hope
Karl-Heinz Applebaum
Małgorzata Dobrowolska
Cecilia Applebaum
Claudia Karvan
Georgina OliphantVictoria Eagger
Lily Carmichael
Chris Haywood
George Oliphant
John Hargreaves
Gallery Sleaze
Norman Kaye
Baba Charles
Ullie Birvé
Anna
Robert Menzies
Psychiatrist
Bryan Dawe
Gallery Director
Max Gillies
Art Critic
Wendy Hughes
George's Advisor
Pamela Rabe
Obnoxious Woman
Paul Cox
New Age CustomerEva Hamburg
ClaudiaHenry Salter
IanRoger Newcombe
GeoffreyNino Gaetano Martinetti
Gallery AttendantStatus
Released
Release date
May 28, 1996
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