A really sad, well-acted film about lost illusions and love gone wrong. We see Sydney's seamier side as well as it's well to do semi-Bohemian lifestyle. A prostitute pushing 30 meets a bookshop owner closer to 40. Despite her job she is the more innocent of the two and falls for him, while he is unwilling to leave his middle-aged, middle class comfort zone. Both Judy Davis and Bryan Brown are superb in difficult roles where she has to grow and develop and he almost shrink before our eyes, which is a thankless task for a charismatic star like Brown, but he succeeds so well he adds to Davis's performance. She on the other hand creates a character you feel you know and want to protect by the end. A truly great performance. The other actors are also very good, and the film further involved me with its real sense of time and location.
Review of Winter of Our Dreams
