My First Wife (1984)
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80% of critics liked it
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86% want to see it
(7 ratings)
Classical music DJ John Hargreaves neglects his wife Wendy Hughes, who responds by entering into an illicit romance. Upon finding out, Hargreaves leaves Hughes, but doesn't want to tell his parents; they'd never liked Hughes, and he isn't in the mood for a chorus of "I told you… More Classical music DJ John Hargreaves neglects his wife Wendy Hughes, who responds by entering into an illicit romance. Upon finding out, Hargreaves leaves Hughes, but doesn't want to tell his parents; they'd never liked Hughes, and he isn't in the mood for a chorus of "I told you so"s. What is already painful for Hargreaves is amplified when his dying father, suspecting that something's wrong, lectures his son on the sanctity of marriage--even a bad one. Director Paul Cox used the Australian My First Wife as a kind of catharsis, to purge himself of ill-will concerning the bust-up of his own marriage. The film won three Australian academy awards, including one for the reluctantly revelatory Cox. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A disturbing film that takes its soap opera material and makes it into a Mozart opera.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
John Hargreaves gives a tour de force performance as a man unhinged by the collapse of his marriage.
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Cast
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John Hargreaves
as John
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Wendy Hughes
as Helen
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Lucy Angwin
as Lucy
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David Cameron
as Tom
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
as Helen's father
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Betty Lucas
as Helen's mother
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Robin Lovejoy
as John's Father
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Lucy Uralov
as John's mother
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Ron Falk
as Psychiatrist
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Jon Finlayson
as Bernard
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Julia Blake
as Kirstin
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Renee Geyer
as Barmaid
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Xenia Groutas
as John's Sister
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Tony Llewellyn-Jones.
as Doctor
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Sabrina Lorenz
as Barbara
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Jay Mannering
as Policeman
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Anna Maria Monticelli
as Hilary
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Reg Roddick
as Priest
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Rex Callahan
as Radio Station Technician
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Symonetta Dennis
as Nurse
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Neela Dey
as Migrant Teacher
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Megan Garner
as Quartet Member
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Christopher Holligan
as Bar singer
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Ian Mumby
as Policeman
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Hartley Newnham
as Quartet Member
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Patrick Nolan
as Quartet Member
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Nehama Patkin
as Quartet Member
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Bianca Russell
as Girl with Dog
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Jentah Sobott
as Nurse
- Tudor Choristers
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Linden Wilkinson
as Doctor
