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Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Film · 132 min
Directed by Gillian Armstrong
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.
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The Shipping news [1] (Pulitzer and National Book Award winner) featured a house being moved over ice and Oscar and Lucinda [2] (Booker Award winner) featured a glass church being moved on water, as did their respective movies.
[1] - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7354.The_Shipping_News [2] - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/316496.Oscar_and_Lucinda