In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.
Geoffrey Rush
as Basil Hunter
Judy Davis
as Dorothy de Lascabanes
Charlotte Rampling
as Elizabeth Hunter
Alexandra Schepisi
as Flora Manhood
Helen Morse
as Lotte
John Gaden
as Arnold Wyburd
Robyn Nevin
as Lal Wyburd
Colin Friels
as Athol Shreve
Maria Theodorakis
as Mary
Dustin Clare
as Col
Nikki Shiels
as Janie
Bille Brown
as Dudley
