Love Serenade
Directed by	Shirley Barrett
Screenplay by	Shirley Barrett
Produced by	Jan Chapman
Starring	Miranda Otto
Cinematography	Mandy Walker
Edited by	Denise Haratzis
Distributed by	Beyond Films (Australia) Miramax Films (international)
Release date	20 May 1996 (1996-05-20)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	$836,110

Love Serenade is a 1996 Australian comedy film written and directed by Shirley Barrett. It has the tagline: "Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man".^[1]

There are not many characters in Love Serenade, which is set in a fictitious, almost-deserted town called Sunray, located on the Murray River. It is a thinly disguised version of Robinvale, Victoria, which was the location of the film.^[2]

The film is about a pair of sisters, Dimity (Miranda Otto) and Vicki-Ann (Rebecca Frith), who share a house. Dimity, the shy and insecure sibling, is a waitress at a local Chinese restaurant. Vicki-Ann, the brash one, is a hair stylist. Both are looking for love, although the prospects in Sunray seem bleak, at best. That is, until Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov), a thrice divorced Brisbane DJ personality, moves into the house next door.^[3]

During the filming of the Silo Scene, stuntman Collin Dragsbaek died when he fell onto a faulty airbag.^[4]

Cast

• Miranda Otto – Dimity Hurley
• Rebecca Frith – Vicki-Ann Hurley
• George Shevtsov – Kenneth 'Ken' Sherry
• John Alansu – Albert Lee
• Jessica Napier – Deborah 'Debbie'
• Jill McWilliam – Curler Victim
• Ryan Jackson – Boy on Bike (Ride)
• Sabrina Norris – Beautiful Baby

Awards

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or.^[5]

Box office

Love Serenade grossed $836,110 at the box office in Australia.^[6]

See also

• Cinema of Australia

References

External links

• Love Serenade at IMDb
• Love Serenade at Oz Movies
• Love Serenade at Rotten Tomatoes
• Love Serenade at the National Film and Sound Archive