Movies by Arthur Dignam
The Everlasting Secret Family
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who wa...
We of the Never Never
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
The Nostradamus Kid
When he discovers the world is about to end, a lovestruck teen makes it his mission to bed the girl he has fallen for.
The Wild Duck
Ibsen's play, adapted to Australia, concerns a couple forced to answer for their daughter's legitimacy.
Shadow of the Cobra
Dramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj (b. 1944), who preyed on Western tourists throughout South East Asia during the 1970s.
Warm Strangers
A man tries to reconnect with his father who works at a laundrette.
Those Dear Departed
A disturbed woman murders her husband, and others, so that she can be haunted by their "wronged" spirits.