Gentle Strangers

Gentle Strangers is a 1972 Australian film directed by Cecil Holmes.

Gentle Strangers
Directed by	Cecil Holmes
Written by	Cecil Holmes
Produced by	Roland Beckett
Starring	Yee Choo Koo
Cinematography	Mick Bornemann Kerry Brown Bruce Hillyard Don McAlpine David Sanderson
Edited by	Graham Chase
Music by	Barry Conyngham
Production company	Film Australia
Release date	1972 (1972)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Plot

A Chinese boy and a Thai girl have a romance when they meet in a seedy boarding house in Sydney. An Indonesian student is posted to a rural research centre while his wife and child cope with life in the city.

Cast

• Yee Choo Koo as Preeyan
• Clem Chow as Lawrence
• Rick Lay as himself
• Eric Lay as himself
• Yanti Lay as herself
• Jennifer West as Miss Emerson
• Lyn Murphy as Mrs Baker

Production

Cecil Holmes spent a year researching and writing the film, which was made for Film Australia. It was shot on 16mm with a mostly non professional cast.^[1]

Release

The film was released through non commercial film libraries and screened on commercial television but did not screen in cinemas.^[1]