Romulus, My Father
Based on the memoirs of Raimond Gaita, Romulus, My Father follows Gaita's story as he fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia with his young wife Christine and their four-year-old son soon after the end of World War II. Tragic events were to overtake them.
The story tells about his growing up with his father amid the stony paddocks and flowing grasses of country Australia. Romulus, My Father is about how a compassionate and honest man taught his son the meaning of living a decent life. It is about passion, betrayal and madness, about friendship and the joy and dignity of work, about character and fate, affliction and spirituality.
Directed by
Richard Roxburgh
Cast
Eric Bana - Romulus
Franka Potente - Christine
Marton Csokas - Hora
Russell Dykstra - Mitru
Jacek Koman - Vacek
Alethea McGrath - Mrs Lillie
Esme Melville - Miss Collard
Terry Norris - Tom Lillie
Veronica Sywak - Lidia Vukovic
Production Co.
ArenaFilm
Films Finance Corporation Australia (FFC)
New South Wales Film & Television Office
Pick Up Truck Pictures
Produced by
Gary Hamilton
Victor Syrmis
Andrew Myer
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Writer
Raimond Gaita
Nick Drake
Music
Basil Hogios
