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Lonely Hearts

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Lonely Hearts (1983)

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Reviews Counted: 5

Fresh: 5

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Average Rating: 7.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A 50-year-old piano tuner suddenly finds himself alone after years of caring for his mother. When he meets a sexually insecure spinster through a dating service, they both experience their first romance. Winner of the Australian Academy... A 50-year-old piano tuner suddenly finds himself alone after years of caring for his mother. When he meets a sexually insecure spinster through a dating service, they both experience their first romance. Winner of the Australian Academy Award for Best Picture. [More]

Starring: Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Julia Blake, Jon Finlayson

Starring: Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Julia Blake, Jon Finlayson

Director: Paul Cox

Director: Paul Cox

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One of the small but valuable gems of Australian cinema, Lonely Hearts is a gently ascerbic film, if there is such a thing, exploring an Australia from a rather different perspective than was the usual case in the 70s and 80s

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One of my all-time favorites.

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An endearing tale of the ways in which love comes in its own sweet time.

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