The Sapphires

OT: The Sapphires

Wayne Blair // Australia, 2012
Fiction Feature // FF2012

Story

Australia in 1968: four young, talented Aborigine women are discovered by talent scout Dave Lovelace. True to his motto “90% of all music is shit, the rest is soul”, he forms the girl group into Australia’s answer to the Supremes. The Sapphires’ first gig is for US troops in Vietnam. A whole new world opens up for the girls: sex, war, politics and soul. A heart-warming, witty biopic based on the eponymous musical and the stories told by the mother of screenwriter Tony Briggs, one of the original Sapphires!

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Original title: The Sapphires

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: English

Section: Agenda 12//FF2012

Production country: Australia

Produced: 2012

Runtime: 101 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Wayne Blair

Screenplay: Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs, based on the play by Tony Briggs

Cast: Chris O‘Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell

Producer: Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne

DoP: Warwick Thornton

Editor: Dany Cooper

Music: Cezary Skubiszewski

Production design: Melinda Doring

German Distributor: Senator Film Verleih GmbH

World Sales: Goalpost Film

Production Company: Goalpost Pictures

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