The Everlasting Secret Family
Once promised, forever bound.
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
Directed by Michael Thornhill · Written by Frank Moorhouse
Cast
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Arthur Dignam Senator -
Mark Lee Youth -
Heather Mitchell Wife -
Dennis Miller Eric, the Chauffeur -
John Meillon The Judge - Beth Child The Pottery Woman
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Paul Goddard The Son -
Bogdan Koca The Medical Specialist -
John Clayton The Mayor - Tim Page The New Judge
- Marcus Cornelius Teacher at Oval
- Drew Norman Oil Boy
Make it a double feature
4h 25m together
The Everlasting Secret Family
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