Departure (1986 film) explained

Departure
Director:	Brian Kavanagh
Based On:	play A Pair of Claws by Michael Gurr
Starring:	Sean Scully Patricia Kennedy Serge Lazareff June Jago
Music:	Bruce Smeaton
Runtime:	95 mins
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Budget:	A$1.8 million^[1]

Departure (also known as A Pair of Claws)is a 1986 Australian film directed by Brian Kavanagh.^[2]

Plot

A married couple decide to move to Rome and spend a final weekend in Australia.

Cast

• Sean Scully as Bowen
• Patricia Kennedy as Sylvia Swift
• Serge Lazareff as Simon Swift
• June Jago as Frances
• Joan Sydney

Production

It was shot in Hobart and Richmond in Tasmania and only received a limited release.^[3]

Notes and References

1. "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62
2. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p43
3. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193