Sirens

(1994)

★ 5.6 IMDb · 175 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1994

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Director: John Duigan

Cast: Хью Грант, Тара Фицджеральд, Сэм Нилл, Elle Macpherson, Порша де Росси, Tziporah Malkah, Pamela Rabe, Бен Мендельсон, Джон Полсон, Mark Gerber

Plot

In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.

Anthony, a young reverend and his wife, Estella are on the way from England to Australia to minister to their flock. The bishop asks him to visit Norman, an eccentric artist prone to sexual depictions and requests that he voluntarily withdraw a controversial work call "Crucified Venus" from his show. The minister, who considers himself a progressive, is shocked at the amoral atmosphere surrounding the painter, his wife, and the three models living at his estate. The minister's wife is troubled also, and has to deal with latent sexual urges while trying to remain loyal to her husband.