Sisterly Love
Directed byMark DeFriest
Written byRay Harding
Jeremy Higgins
Produced byPeter Du Cane
StarringJoan Sydney
Maggie King
Martin Vaughan
Distributed byABC
Release date
  • 24 December 1989 (1989-12-24)[1]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Sisterly Love is a 1987 Australian television film shot in Western Australia. Nominated for 3 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards in 1988 including Best Telefeature. It was also the pilot for an unmade series.[2][3][4]

Premise

Two sisters, Jean and Sylvia, have been separated over twenty years. Sylvia lives next door to Bob. When Jean is widowed, she visits Sylvia and old troubles re-emerge. Sylvia has a son Martin who is dating Birdy.

Cast

Production

Stars Joan Sydney and Maggie King are sisters in real life. Filming was to have begun in September 1987 but was held up to due a union ban over the use of a British first assistant director.[5]

It was filmed in Fremantle, Rottnest Island, and Kings Park.[6]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald gave it a poor review.[7] The Age called it "perfectly charming".[8]

References

  1. ↑ "WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 19, 980. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 December 1989. p. 5 (THE GUIDE). Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p142
  3. ↑ "Tina Kaufman at "The Motion Picture Today" seminar". Filmnews. Vol. 18, no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "AFI TV nominations". Filmnews. Vol. 18, no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Dennis, Anthony (16 September 1987). "Producer set to can film over union ban". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "ABC's Sisterly Love - a comedy of relationships". Torres News. Queensland, Australia. 22 December 1989. p. 34. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ Kent, Simon (26 December 1989). "Sisterly Love". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 50.
  8. ↑ Hooks, Barbara (27 December 1989). "A sisterly alchemy of golden wisdom and humour". The Age. p. 14.


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