Illuminations (film)

Illuminations is a 1976 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. It was Cox's first full-length feature film although he had made numerous shorts beforehand.

Plot
A couple living together have a tense relationship. The woman's father dies and she becomes preoccupied with death. She almost drowns in the bath but then recovers her enthusiasm for life.

Cast

 * Gabriella Trsek as Gabi
 * Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Tony
 * Norman Kaye as Gabi's father
 * Sheila Florance
 * Athol Shmith
 * Tibor Markus
 * Robert Trauer
 * Elke Neidhardt
 * Fabian Muir
 * Alena Leiss
 * Christopher Stewart
 * Dora Stubenrauch
 * Ilona Enten
 * John Williams

Production
The film was inspired by a dream Paul Cox had in the early 1970s about being trapped in a coffin, seeing people who he had known all his life.

$16,000 of the budget came through the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council, with the rest from private investment. It was released through Melbourne Co-operatives but never recovered its cost.