Why it may be worth watching
- Constance combines Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Donogh Rees, Martin Vaughan, Judie Douglass.
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Constance
Falling in love again, never wanted to ...
Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.
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Cast
Donogh ReesConstance Elsworthy
Martin VaughanAlexander Elsworthy
Judie DouglassSylvia Elsworthy
Donald MacDonaldJohn Munroe
Graham HarveyErrol Barr
Mark WignallRichard Lewis
Hester JoyceNoeline
Shane BriantSimon Malyon
Lee GrantMrs. Barr
Jonathan HardyRandolf Grieve
Elric HooperFreddie
Gay DeanLady Bridgewater
Beryl Te WiataMrs. Mair
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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama.
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Themes and topics
new zealandhallucinationoedipusparody
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Charles EggenExternal review ·
Constance is a primary school teacher in love with the movies and drawn increasingly into a fantasy world. Her dream is shattered, almost as soon as it begins to be realized, when she is raped by a famous Hollywood photographer. After this, she seems to return to reality, when she agrees to marry her boyfriend, however when she returns to acting out her fantasies, she ends up alienating everyone, including the boyfriend. With her parents dead, and deserted by friends, the police arrive at her house one night to check on a noisy party. Actually, there is…
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Constance is a primary school teacher in love with the movies and drawn increasingly into a fantasy world. Her dream is shattered, almost as soon as it begins to be realized, when she is raped by a famous Hollywood photographer. After this, she seems to return to reality, when she agrees to marry her boyfriend, however when she returns to acting out her fantasies, she ends up alienating everyone, including the boyfriend. With her parents dead, and deserted by friends, the police arrive at her house one night to check on a noisy party. Actually, there is no party - just Constance pretending to be the hostess of one.
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