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When chasing your dreams... it helps to be a little crazy! - Cosi
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Title: Cosi

Release Date: 4 Mar 1996

Runtime: 1h 42m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Australian Film Finance Corporation, Meridian Films, Miramax, Smiley Productions, Smiley Films

Production Companies: Australian Film Finance Corporation, Meridian Films, Miramax, Smiley Productions, Smiley Films

Overview: Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart despite the fact that none of the patients are able to sing and none of them speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (34 votes)

Cast

  • Lewis: Ben Mendelsohn
  • Roy: Barry Otto
  • Julie: Toni Collette
  • Lucy: Rachel Griffiths
  • Nick: Aden Young
  • Errol: Colin Friels
  • Cherry: Jacki Weaver
  • Ruth: Pamela Rabe
  • Henry: Paul Chubb
  • Zac: Colin Hay
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