Oscar and Lucinda
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
3.2
Length132 mins
LanguageFrench
Release Date1997-12-31
StatusReleased
Drama
Romance
Synopsis
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.