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Directed by | Ann Turner |
Produced by | Gordon Glenn Timothy White |
Written by | Ann Turner |
Music by | Chris Neal |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson |
Editing by | Ken Sallows |
Distributed by | Trylon Video (USA) |
Release date(s) | 5 October 1989 19 March 1990 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Celia (also known as Celia: Child of Terror) is a 1988 Australian drama film written and directed by Ann Turner.
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Set in rural Australia in the 1950s amidst the Red Scare and a rabbit plague, it stars Rebecca Smart as troubled nine year old Celia as the movie follows her descent into madness.
Celia grossed $23,336 at the box office in Australia.[1]
Turner won the Grand Prix award at the 1989 Créteil International Women's Film Festival and for her part as Alice Tanner, Victoria Longley won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award from the Australian Film Institute.
To date, the film has been released on DVD in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[2] It has still not been released on this format in the United States.