Lonely Hearts

Lonely Hearts is a 1982 Australian film directed by Paul Cox which won the 1982 AFI Award for Best Film and was nominated in four other categories. Plot Shortly after the death of his mother, middle-aged, Peter, realizes how lonely he is. Hoping to find adventure, he signs on with a dating agency in search of a companion. Soon, Peter is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia. Patricia is younger than Peter, but is also lonely, having endured smothering parents. Cast Wendy Hughes as Patricia Curnow Norman Kaye as Peter Thompson Jon Finlayson as George Julia Blake as Pamela Jonathan Hardy as Bruce Irene Inescort as Patricia's mother Vic Gordon as Patricia's father Ted Grove-Rogers as Peter's father Pepe Trevor Production Paul Cox wrote the first two drafts, then Phillip Adams proposed the movie be the first of four films made by the Adams-Packer company. John Clarke was brought in to co-write and John Murray became producer. Cox was paid $30,000 which he says was the first payment he ever received for making a film.