
Three Dollars
2005-04-21 · 118 min · ★ 6.9
Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and finds he has only 'three dollars' to his name.
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- Directors
- Robert Connolly
- Production companies
- Australian Film Commission, Madman Entertainment, Film Victoria, Showtime Australia, Australian Film Finance Corporation
- Countries
- Australia
- Status
- Released
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David WenhamEddie Harnovey
Sarah WynterAmanda
Frances O'ConnorTanya Harnovey
David RobertsGerard
Nicole NaboutKate
Julia BlakeTanya's Mother
John FlausOld Man Williamson
Elspeth BallantyneEddie's Mother
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