| Love Serenade | |
| Director: | Shirley Barrett |
| Producer: | Jan Chapman |
| Screenplay: | Shirley Barrett |
| Cinematography: | Mandy Walker |
| Editing: | Denise Haratzis |
| Distributor: | Beyond Films (Australia) Miramax Films (international) |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $836,110 |
Love Serenade is a 1996 Australian comedy film written and directed by Shirley Barrett. It has the tagline: "Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man".[1]
There are not many characters in Love Serenade, which is set in a fictitious, almost-deserted town called Sunray, located on the Murray River. It is a thinly disguised version of Robinvale, Victoria, which was the location of the film.[2]
The film is about a pair of sisters, Dimity (Miranda Otto) and Vicki-Ann (Rebecca Frith), who share a house. Dimity, the shy and insecure sibling, is a waitress at a local Chinese restaurant. Vicki-Ann, the brash one, is a hair stylist. Both are looking for love, although the prospects in Sunray seem bleak, at best. That is, until Ken Sherry (George Shevtsov), a thrice divorced Brisbane DJ personality, moves into the house next door.[3]
During the filming of the Silo Scene, stuntman Collin Dragsbaek died when he fell onto a faulty airbag.[4]
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or.[5]
Love Serenade grossed $836,110 at the box office in Australia.[6]