Life (1996 film)

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Life
Directed byLawrence Johnston
Produced byElisa Argenzio
Written byLawrence Johnston
John Brumpton
Based onplay Containment by John Brumpton
Starring John Brumpton
Music by John Clifford White
Cinematography Mandy Walker
Edited byBill Murphy
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
85 minutes
Country Australia
Language English
Box officeA$118,981 (Australia) [1]

Life is a 1996 Australian film about life in a section of a prison reserved for those infected with HIV. [2] [3]

The film won the International Critics' Prize at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival. [4]

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References

  1. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 12 November 2012
  2. Life at New Zealand Film Festival Archived 24 February 2013 at Archive.today accessed 13 November 2012
  3. "Interview with Lawrence Johnston", Signet, 30 October 1998 accessed 19 November 2012
  4. Sid Adilman, "Journey gets top filmfest award". Toronto Star , September 16, 1996.