The Hour Before My Brother Dies
Directed byJames Clayden
Written byDaniel Keene
Based onplay by Daniel Keene
Produced byNoel Price
StarringPeter Hehir
Rhonda Wilson
Reg Evans
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
3 October 1986
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Hour Before My Brother Dies is a 1986 Australian telemovie.[1]

Plot

Sally visits her brother Martin in prison where he awaits execution for murder. During the visit, the two are quickly drawn back to a hot summer's New Year's Eve night of many years ago.

Cast

Production

The film was based on Daniel Keene's 1986 play of the same name.[2][3]

Reception

The Age's Barbara Hooks wrote "I was often intrigued, but also often fidgety. It is all so intense, passionate and drawn out that when Rhonda Wilson put on her coat to leave, the response was relief, as if she was a visitor who had begun to outstay her welcome. I could, however, only admire the strength of the performances."[4] Anna Murdoch of the Age gave it a positive review writing "There are a lot of fine things about The Hour Before My Brother Dies, the most important being its atmosphere, and an undeniable sexual chemistry between Hehir and Wilson. The language is powerful and well delivered."[5] Garrie Hutchinson, also in the Age, calls it "one of the most absorbing pieces of television made in this country."[6] The Sydney Morning Herald's Yvette Steinhauer says "Emotions frequently reach snapping point and both Wilson and Hehir excel in their demanding roles wherein each word is laden with pent-up aggression and recriminations."[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p81
  2. ↑ Hooks, Barbara (1 April 1986), "Telemovies to whet the mental appetite", The Age
  3. ↑ Details of original production of play at Ausstage
  4. ↑ Hooks, Barbara (2 October 1986), "Heavy brain fodder for your supper", The Age
  5. ↑ Murdoch, Anna (2 October 1986), "Sexual chemistry", The Age
  6. ↑ Hutchinson, Garrie (9 October 1986), "Moliere: pure theatre in pictorial detail", The Age
  7. ↑ Steinhauer, Yvette (29 September 1986), "Incest: familial tensions re-enacted in jail", The Sydney Morning Herald


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