Muriel’s Wedding
Muriels Hochzeit
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © SIGMA LTYS
Toni Collette
Muriel’s Wedding | Muriels Hochzeit by P. J. Hogan
AUS, FRA 1994, Retrospective
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © SIGMA LTYS
Muriel Heslop considers herself “stupid, fat, and useless”. And most of the people around her agree with that assessment. Living with her four similar siblings, the unemployed 22-year-old suffers under her domineering father, a corrupt and adulterous politician. Muriel’s dream is to find a fairy prince to save her from her hellish family and small-town life. To that end, she loots the family bank account and travels to a chic vacation resort. There, she meets Rhonda, a former classmate who is as much of an outsider as Muriel. The two women soon move to Sydney, where they share an apartment. Then Rhonda suffers a serious health event … As heart-rending as it is funny, Muriel’s Wedding is dressed as a romantic comedy while simultaneously satirising the genre, not in the least with ad absurdum images of storybook weddings. Boasting a soundtrack laden with 1970s ABBA songs, the colourful, brash film also went to the top of the charts. It is convincing to this day as a universal lesson on youthful self-acceptance, an answer to Muriel’s self-denigrating lament “why can’t it be me?”.
With
- Toni Collette
- Bill Hunter
- Rachel Griffiths
- Sophie Lee
- Rosalind Hammond
- Belinda Jarrett
- Pippa Grandison
- Jeanie Drynan
- Daniel Wyllie
- Gabby Millgate
Crew
| Director | P. J. Hogan |
| Screenplay | P. J. Hogan |
| Cinematography | Martin McGrath |
| Editing | Jill Bilcock |
| Music | Peter Best |
| Sound | David Lee, Glenn Newnham, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage |
| Art Director | Hugh Bateup |
| Production Design | Patrick Reardon |
| Costumes | Terry Ryan |
| Make-Up | Noriko Watanabe |
| Producers | Lynda House, Jocelyn Moorhouse |
| Associate Producers | Michael D. Aglion, Tony Mahood |
Produced by
House & Moorhouse Films
Ciby 2000
Additional information
DCP: Newen Connect, Paris