The Girl Who Came Late

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The Girl Who Came Late
Directed by	Kathy Mueller
Produced by	Ben Gannon
Written by	Saturday Rosenberg
Starring	Miranda Otto, Martin Kemp, Gia Carides
Music by	Todd Hunter, Johanna Pigott
Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie
Editing by	Robert Gibson
Distributed by	Beyond Films
Release date(s)	1991
Running time	82 min
Country
Language	English
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The Girl Who Came Late aka Daydream Believer is a 1991 Australian romantic comedy film starring Miranda Otto, Martin Kemp and Gia Carides; and directed by Kathy Mueller. Otto was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for "Best Actress in a Lead Role".^[1] Otto was later Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings and starred in War of the Worlds.

The 'Girl' of the title is Nell Tiscowitz (Otto), a struggling actress with an affinity for horses.^[2] She meets wealthy Rock music promoter and stable owner Digby Olsen (Kemp bass guitarist of Spandau Ballet). Nell's best friend and flatmate, Wendy (Carides, later in Strictly Ballroom and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) provides dubious love-lorn advice. After Nell uses her 'telepathy' to help Digby tame horses they eventually fall in love.