Glenn Close as Adrienne Pargiter; Frances McDormand as Dr. Verstak; Pauline Collins as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond; Cate Blanchett as Susan Macarthy; Jennifer Ehle as Rosemary Leighton-Jones; Julianna Margulies as Topsy Merritt; Wendy Hughes as Mrs. Dickson; Johanna Ter Steege as Sister Wilhelminia; Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs. Roberts; Pamela Rabe as Mrs. Tippler; Clyde Kusatsu as Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'; Stan Egi as Captain Tanaka; David Chung as The Interpreter; Sab Shimono as Colonel Hirota; Penne Hackforth-Jones as Mrs. Pike
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Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies as American socialite Topsy Merritt, Jennifer Ehle as British doyenne and model Rosemary Leighton Jones, Cate Blanchett as Australian nurse Susan McCarthy and Elizabeth Spriggs as dowager Imogene Roberts. Basing his picture on real events, Bruce Beresford tells the story of a vocal orchestra created by the women in a Japanese P.O.W. camp, a classic survivors' tale extolling women's ability to survive hardship and atrocity through perseverance, solidarity and creativity.
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