Passion (1999 film)

Passion, known in some releases as Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger, is a 1999 Australian drama film about some episodes in the life of the pianist and composer Percy Grainger. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Grainger.

Passion
Directed by	Peter Duncan
Written by	John Bird Rob George George Goldsworthy Peter Goldsworthy Don Watson
Produced by	Matt Carroll Gary Hamilton Nym Kim Zanna Northam Adrienne Read Sandra Schulberg
Starring	Richard Roxburgh Barbara Hershey Emily Woof Claudia Karvan Simon Burke Julia Blake Bille Brown Roy Billing
Release date	1 July 1999 (1999-07-01)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	A$302,818 (Australia)[1]

Plot

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual interests (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at), which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him.

It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she later jumped to her death in New York, following ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).

Cast

• Richard Roxburgh as Percy Grainger
• Barbara Hershey as Rose Grainger
• Bille Brown as John Grainger
• Emily Woof as Karen Holten
• Claudia Karvan as Alfhild de Luce
• Simon Burke as Hermann Sandby
• Linda Cropper as Lilith Lowery
• Julia Blake as Queen Alexandra
• Roy Billing as John Perring Jr
• Genevieve Mooy as Ada Crossley
• Peter Whitford as Tour Manager

Production

The film was shot on location in Bath, Somerset and Devon in England, and Sydney, Canberra and Michelago in Australia.

Awards and nominations

Passion won the 1999 Award of Distinction from the Australian Cinematographers Society for Martin McGrath's cinematography.^{[citation needed]}

McGrath also won the Best Achievement in Cinematography award at the 1999 Australian Film Institute Awards.^{[citation needed]} AFI Awards also went to Terry Ryan for Best Achievement in Costume Design, and Murray Picknett for Best Achievement in Production Design.^{[citation needed]}

AFI nominations went to Richard Roxburgh for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Claudia Karvan and Emily Woof for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, and Andrew Plain, Phil Judd, Guntis Sics, Anne Breslin, Jane Paterson for Best Achievement in Sound.^{[citation needed]}

Claudia Karvan was nominated for the 2000 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Supporting Actor – Female.^{[citation needed]}

Director Peter Duncan was nominated for the Golden St. George at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.^[2]

See also

• Cinema of Australia