15 Amore is a 1998 Australian film directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Lisa Hensley and Steve Bastoni.

15 Amore
Directed byMaurice Murphy
Written byMaurice Murphy
StarringLisa Hensley
Steve Bastoni
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box officeA$16,831 (Australia)[1]

Cast edit

  • Lisa Hensley as Dorothy
  • Steve Bastoni as Alfredo
  • Domenic Galati as Joseph
  • Tara Jakszewicz as Rachel
  • Gertraud Ingeborg as Madame Guttman
  • Rhiana Griffith as Mercia
  • Joel Pieterse as Denis
  • Nicholas Bryant as Brendan

Plot edit

In World War Two Australia, Italian POWs Alfredo (Bastoni) and Joseph are billeted with Dorothy (Hensley) and her three little children, while Dorothy's husband is fighting at the front. Also living with them are Jewish German refugees Frau Guttman and her shy daughter Rachel.

The Italian soldiers become housekeepers and arms length friends, but Frau Guttman cannot reconcile herself to the place or the culture.

A secret romance begins between Joseph and Rachel, leading to bitterness and drama at the otherwise calm outback home.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "15 Amore (1998) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

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