Cactus ★★½ 1986 Melodrama about a young French woman, separated from her husband, who faces the reality of losing her sight after a car accident. She experiences a growing relationship with a blind man and contemplates the thought of risky surgery which may improve her eyesight or cause complete blindness. Countering all that blindness and tangled romance is a camera that pans lush Australian landscapes and humorously focuses on the small telling details of daily life. 95m/C VHS. AU Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Monica Maughan, Sheila Florance, Norman Kaye, Banduk Marika;
Director:
Paul Cox;
Writer:
Norman Kaye, Paul Cox, Bob Ellis;
Writer:
Yuri Sokol;
Cameo:
Giovanni Pergolese, Yannis Markopolous, Elsa Davis.
